Originally Posted by Dallas County
Originally Posted by Goatkiller
That's not exactly how it works on the tariff.

The importer... only some of which are U.S. based companies (who may still be owned by China, BTW), a lot of which are direct Chinese companies...

They either pay the tariff and/or cut their operating costs to remain competitive, source the product from outside China, ask China for a discount to offset the tariff, etc.

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That's exactly how it works on the tariff. The exporter doesn't pay any tariff, the importer does; all three of those options you provide do not eliminate the importer paying the tariff. That's what people don't understand.


Yep... that is what I said.

Only..... there is NOT a 1 to 1 relationship between the dollar amount of the tariffs and an increase in retail prices.


No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.