• turmacar@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      A tariff is what you pay to the government of the port of call to get the item you shipped.

      When you pay $1000 for a DJI drone and it get’s to Seattle the US government says “pay us $600 or it goes back on the boat.”

      The Chinese company sees literally zero impact other than possibly less orders and probably a wave of refused merch. Which they might keep some or all of the purchase price of anyway.

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      6 days ago

      Russia wants to pit the US and China against each other to distract and destabilize them both. So all of this is great for Russia’s bottom line.