• @turmacar
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    16 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.