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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fckfckfck ◴[26 Aug 25 18:24 UTC] No.45030336[source]▶
This is insane, wtf have you Trump voters done.
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TechnicolorByte ◴[26 Aug 25 18:50 UTC] No.45030631[source]▶
Plenty of them here before the election. Wish they’d speak up more now and explain how any of these policies are objectively good for the US economy and US citizens.
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chrisco255 ◴[26 Aug 25 19:07 UTC] No.45030839[source]▶
Quite simply: de minimis import rules make no sense, they are inevitably abused by China in particular to import billions in untaxed goods. No foreign country has a right to sell things in America. China and EU and others impose their own arbitrary redtrictions and taxes on imports but for some reason if America does it, it gets worldwide press because for the longest time, it was just open season as we drained out manufacturing and gutted the base that built America in the first place.

We have laws on the books and they have to be enforced equally, whether you're shipping in entire containers or thousands of small direct mail packages.

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1. danny_codes ◴[26 Aug 25 20:21 UTC] No.45031861[source]▶
Seems like the correct solution would be to just eliminate tariffs entirely then.. why shoot yourself in the foot by reducing trade when you can.. just not do that?

The irony is this comes from the conservative movement, who are purportedly neoliberal economists.. but then completely disregard a central plank of neoliberal theory.

consistency is low on the MAGA priority list