• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months 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…

    • Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months 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.