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>>bobcha+(OP)
With the huge differences in per-country tariff, there seems to be a large incentive to reroute and relabel imports. E.g., build a bike frame in China, export it to a sister company in Japan, and export it to the US from there, claiming production in Japan. How effective are existing controls against that? (And what are they even, I'm ignorant.)

>>rstara+mx
Good point. It still would increase costs, maybe not as much.

>>mmooss+Fx
You forgot the part about going from China to Japan and the associated costs.

It could be cheaper? Could also be more expensive as well.

In any case, if too many people play that game, then it only raises the tariff on Japan. I wouldn't assume these tariffs are fixed. They seem to be tied to trade deficit. So..

yeah.

No real way around them over time.

Might even piss the US government off if you try that. Which is kind of like playing with fire right now. It's not clear to me that this administration believes in rule of law in the strict sense that everyone adhered to in the past.

Strange days ahead.

>>bilbo0+zy
> You forgot the part about going from China to Japan and the associated costs.

That was my point.

> It could be cheaper?

Why would it be cheaper? Wouldn't they do that without tariffs?