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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. intended ◴[26 Aug 25 19:03 UTC] No.45030776[source]▶
The fact that tariffs exist, is sufficient marker of insanity in this day and age. Why carve out a validation relating to the degree of transformation of raw material.
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2. lazide ◴[26 Aug 25 19:15 UTC] No.45030922[source]▶
Almost every country has had massive tariffs on a wide variety of goods for a very long time. It’s why ‘free trade agreements’ were such a big deal.

This is more a reversion to the mean/making them more equal. Which is a big deal.