• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Others were posting about possible workarounds, including the idea that perhaps Americans could get things shipped to a third country with lower tariffs as a go-between so that the goods didn’t appear like they were actually coming from China.

    Truly maximizing global shipping efficiency…

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      9 hours ago

      Sadly and logically, this is transshipment and if done to evade taxes by obfuscating place of origin, it is illegal. From what I heard, US customs does investigate that too, so it’s not just an “illegal in theory but nobody enforces it” kind of thing.

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        8 hours ago

        Considering all of the other agencies that have had funding and staff cut, how equipped is customs right now?

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          I’m pretty sure that the jackbooted thugs are the one part of the government that isn’t getting cut.

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          7 hours ago

          If it means collecting more taxes and finding new excuses to send minorities to the El Salvador concentration camp, it will magically find funding before next week.

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      5 hours ago

      dint the trump admin said something about that already, trying to bypass and they will know where its come from.