Yiwu, China ... the plastic straw market in the mid-1990s and has earned the moniker "King of Plastic Straws" in Chinese media, sees opportunities as the market shifts and straw manufacturers ...

Orders for paper straws are skyrocketing as bans for the plastic ones multiply. David Rhodes of Aardvark Straws tells NPR's Ailsa Chang his paper straw ... China. Is that why you have a closed ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize ... of abiding by global rules. China, the United States and ...

It is just one of a handful of factories remaining in the US manufacturing plastic straws after much of the industry moved abroad to China. Mr Trump has repeatedly railed against paper straws.

Image: Ross Boyajian, the president of plastic straw company ... handful of factories remaining in the US manufacturing plastic straws after much of the industry moved abroad to China.