Already you're mixing things up again.
The importer is buying the product from China. He's the buyer, and China is the seller. The buyer importing the product pays the tariff, not China.
If the importer then chooses to resell the product to...
There's so much we get from China that we can't get from anywhere else and we won't be able to start making it for a decade. China can make stuff BECAUSE they serve the world without issues. Their market is, as noted above 8x what the market the...
There are plenty of countries not engaging in a ridiculous trade war with China and still buying Chinese products.
USA only accounts for approx 15% of China's total exports.
This is hopeless.
You said the displayed price increased from $519 to $799. That's a 54% increase.
The mystery would be solved if, as suggested by Amazon, companies would clearly display the reason for the price increase.
*IF*, for example...
Maybe, as per the Oliveum Hot Sauce video you posted earlier, this is old stock from when a lower tariff applied. 280/519 = 54%
Also, as mentioned in that same video you posted, nobody knows anymore from one day to the next what level of...