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462 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 20:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source

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greatgib ◴[31 Aug 25 11:21 UTC] No.45082325[source]▶

I don't understand why there isn't a market or company that develop already to move all items to low tariff area before sending to US.

I know that manufacturing things here in Europe, there already used to be round trip by airplane and co to try to lower VAT paid on purchases to the maximum.

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1. bespokedevelopr ◴[31 Aug 25 14:42 UTC] No.45083502[source]▶

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Mexico has a huge network of importers for doing exactly this and it predates both administrations.

The invoicing system there is highly gamed and corrupt (not that anywhere isn’t).

All of this tariffing has created a lot of new opportunities for businesses who operate in grey areas.

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Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything