• Cheems@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You’re still importing the base materials and have to pay tariffs on that. That’s not getting around anything. The end consumer still foots the bill.

    • rbn@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Depends on what the tariffs are about. If there’s a tariff on a specific category of finished consumer goods, an import of the materials/ parts in combination with a local assembly might indeed reduce or avoid the taxes you have to pay.