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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 4 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.004s | source
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zaptheimpaler ◴[26 Aug 25 17:49 UTC] No.45029926[source]▶
> importers must declare the exact amount of steel, copper, and aluminum in products, with a 100% tariff applied to these materials. This makes little sense—PCBs, for instance, contain copper traces, but the quantity is nearly impossible to estimate.

Wow this administration is f**ing batshit insane. I thought the tariffs would be on raw metals, not anything at all that happens to contain them.

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1. FpUser ◴[26 Aug 25 18:35 UTC] No.45030477[source]▶
>"Wow this administration is f*ing batshit insane. "

I would not limit it to "this administration". Bureacracy tends to fuck thing up royally regardless of which imbecile they're currently serving.

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2. cosmicgadget ◴[26 Aug 25 19:21 UTC] No.45031005[source]▶
I thought the criticism was that it was slow moving and thereby resistant to abrupt fuck ups.
3. 8note ◴[26 Aug 25 22:08 UTC] No.45032967[source]▶
this isnt bureaucracy doing it though, its only the top of the executive.

bureaucracy tends to make processes that are complicated but still straightforward to complete, even if they take decades for skmethjng that shiuld only be a couple minutes

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4. FpUser ◴[26 Aug 25 22:42 UTC] No.45033249[source]▶
bullshit. they often make things impossible in practice. I have numerous examples in my own life dealing with their "straightforwards". It is anything but.