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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: 0.001s | source
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rkagerer ◴[26 Aug 25 20:26 UTC] No.45031905[source]▶
...importers must declare the exact amount of steel, copper, and aluminum in products, with a 100% tariff applied to these materials

I ordered a lock and some keys valued at about $400, and paid an extra $400 in duties because of this. It's insane.

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kacesensitive ◴[26 Aug 25 20:27 UTC] No.45031922[source]▶
Wait consumers are paying the tariffs??
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mystraline ◴[26 Aug 25 20:52 UTC] No.45032180[source]▶
And this is the ignorance we have to fight against.

I'll repeat this for those in the back:

TARIFFS ARE PAID BY THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY DOING THE TARIFFS.

TARRIFFS ARE NOT PAID BY OTHER COUNTRIES.

This is excessive and illegal taxation without representation. Congratulations, party of low taxes, you now have socialist-like taxes without any of the socialist benefits.

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1. sowbug ◴[27 Aug 25 02:25 UTC] No.45034804{3}[source]▶
It's regressive taxation, so for the "party of low taxes" it's totally OK.