Wait. I can’t go to Canada, buy a jacket for 20 CAD, and bring it back to the US without paying a tariff on it?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The only way to avoid the tariffs is to avoid any goods that cross borders during or after manufacture.
To still buy foreign products without paying the tariffs, you’ll have to buy those goods outside the US. Then, of course, you have the difficulty of getting them back into the country without, you know, paying tariffs.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
bstix@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
There’s a duty limit of $200 for a one day trip, unless they’ve changed it. Two day trips are $800.
Everything you buy over the limit should be declared and taxed. If you fail to declare something and get caught you’ll be fined for smugling.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Well, since Trump’s put it all on hold for 30 days, yes you still can.
Part of what Trump is upset with is the current trade agreement where small purchases aren’t duty free; Temu has been taking advantage of this by shipping goods in batches below the threshold even for things that would already have tariffs on them.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Tariffs are not flat across the board. If it lasts, we’re going to see a lot of shell companies popping up in strategic places for the purposes of avoiding/reducing taxes paid.
Depending on the exact details, these may be little more than reshippers. Or they could be like the products that are “Made in the USA (from imported components)”
kablammy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s great. Another consequence of these dumb tariffs: extra shipping and the associated greenhouse emissions.