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InitialLastName ◴[] No.45029930[source]
This whole tariff circus boils down to regulatory capture by manufacturers at the 10+-figure market cap scale. Olimex (and other small and medium businesses) can't reasonably be expected to calculate the exact material composition of their products (much less their suppliers' products); the only people who can are on the scale of Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Google whose volumes can amortize the cost of doing so on a per-product basis (and who have probably already done that analysis as part of their process control).
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1. Scoundreller ◴[] No.45031917[source]
> This whole tariff circus boils down to regulatory capture by manufacturers at the 10+-figure market cap scale.

Not just manufacturers but retailers/distributors too.

Want to be a small time importer/retailer and do international sales online? Good luck!