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Comment on Trump's tariffs force laptop makers like Dell and Lenovo to halt US shipments

I know most of these companies have large logistics operations in other countries, for example Mexico.

Can/will they attempt to dodge the tariffs on China by redirecting shipments through some other country with lower tariffs on the product’s way into the United States? Would it be legal for them to do so? (It seems to me that a tariff happy country might prefer to view that as undesirable behavior–would the Trump administration have any recourse against that sort of thing?)

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catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
No, that would not be legal. I don’t know how they write the law exactly, but they account for that. Could be based on country of manufacture.

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- ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah they ship “parts” to Mexico. 1 laptop frame unfinished 1 laptop battery.
  
  Finish and Assemble them by cutting out one small section of waste aluminum off the frame and then putting the battery in.
  
  Ship to the us.
  
  “Manufactured in Mexico”
  
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  - tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I commented on this myself earlier. Doing the extra shipping and bare minimum to count as a transformative step to create a new product will increase the cost of the good relative to where it is today, so there’s still an impact, but for virtually all products, it’s going to be far less than the 145% increase that tariffs would impose on a directly-shipped-from-China product.
    
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- SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s only illegal if you’re caught
  
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  - KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Or haven’t paid your monthly bribe.
    
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    ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Or if the Judges enforce anything
    
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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
More likely they will move final assembly to Mexico or Canada.

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