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For sure. Everybody handling the goods after the point of import (shipping, handling, warehousing, marketing, advertising, etc) until the product eventually is placed on a shelf for sale is going to add their own markup for their own benefit and... -
That's exactly it. As per the initial post by akdrone, "somebody" has to pay that 145% tariff. The money goes into the US Treasury, thereby making america great again. On a $3,000 drone, a 145% tariff is an extra $4,350 import tax surcharge...
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The importer pays the tariff. If you personally are the importer, then you pay the tariff. If you're buying the item off the shelf at Walmart, then Walmart (as the importer) will have paid the tariff and you see the effect of that in the price...
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Here's a fact. People have been complaining about "jobs going overseas". for many years. The reason jobs "went overseas" is because manufacturing was cheaper overseas. The reason manufacturing is cheaper overseas is because labor is cheaper... -
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He certainly has. Remember, all during his election campaign he kept telling us how he considers "tariff" to be the most beautiful word in the dictionary. So it's no surprise that he's now applying tariffs against every other country...