Submitted 2 days ago by wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
We live in an interconnected world. As an American, I’d like to know some ways that I could purchase goods, in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Canada and Mexico, and still avoid the tariffs.
You can continue to buy goods with tarrifs to support the canadians, the price for you to support them is the tariff
If it’s a good that the USA has implemented an import tariff on then the tarrif supports the USA not the other country. Buying the goods still supports them sure, but not the tariffs.
Right. The tariff is the price you pay to support them.
The problem is that the tariff you support with ends in the wrong pockets…
A) Visit the country you want to support
B) Stop buying so much stuff
I’m not trying to throw any shade at you, but it’s kind of sad when the the question isn’t “how do I get by without buying stuff,” but rather “what can I buy more of to improve the situation?”
You don’t avoid tariffs per se. When the good enters the country, the tariff is paid to customs. It’s just an import tax. Now to recoup the loss from that tariff, it will be sold to you at a markup. You can still pay Canadian and Mexican goods, but the best thing you can do is optimize shit where you live.
My recommendation to you would be to buy less if you can help it. Don’t use Amazon if you can help it. Legumes, grains, dairy, produce, water, cheap protein, all bought locally. If you can purchase from illegals even better. I got this guy that sells me honey on my way back from work. It’s fire. Look at it as a little challenge you impose on yourself. You don’t need to do it perfectly. If enough people do it imperfectly, the corporate concerns that got you all into this mess will feel the hurt.
If you happen to be close enough, buy Canadian goods in Canada.
Is “illegals” supposed to be “people without permits”?
I’m a bit suprised to see that phrasing used on lemmy, it’s incredibly dehumanising.
Actually the preferred term is illegal aliens. I omit the latter because calling a human being an alien is the actual dehumanising part. Spare me the insipid fuckin moralisation.
Traveling out of the USA.
Yea, come take a vacation up here. No tariff on that at all.
Just got back from beautiful Canada 2 weeks ago! I was delighted to spend time with my wonderful brothers and sisters we met along the way in Canada.
What I’m really interested to know is if at border crossings, individual will or will not have to pay duties on purchases in Canada. Previously it was only on liquor or cigarettes over a certain amount. Now will I have to declare I bought a pair of shoes in Canada from Softmoc, a tank of gas from Canadian Tire, or a bottle of maple syrup from Quebec?
As a matter of fact, the day after the election, I decided that I would drive from my northern midwest state to Washington via Canada. Next year, I’m planning on a maritimes road trip.
You’ll have to pay a 25% tax on yourself when you return, though.
(/s, until someone figures out how to actually do that)
Border officers will measure the weight of every travelers, in and out of every countries. Then, after estimating how much per kilogram they estimate themselves, they will have to pay tariffs on the weight difference.
Excessively low estimates could expose travelers to “harvesting” by some rich Nazi who would buy them out (literally !).
/sarcasm (i certainly hope this remains sarcasm forever.)
My understanding is that some province is charging double on US commercial trucks that cross the border. Nova Scotia?
They charge something like $11 USD to cross border bridges (at least in Detroit and Sarnia).
The exchange rate is likely to be prohibitively stupid once all this gets rolling.
Buy lots of fentanyl ?
I only buy local, organic, free range fentanyl
The only way to avoid the tariffs is to avoid any goods that cross borders during or after manufacture.
To still buy foreign products without paying the tariffs, you’ll have to buy those goods outside the US. Then, of course, you have the difficulty of getting them back into the country without, you know, paying tariffs.
Tariffs are not flat across the board. If it lasts, we’re going to see a lot of shell companies popping up in strategic places for the purposes of avoiding/reducing taxes paid.
Depending on the exact details, these may be little more than reshippers. Or they could be like the products that are “Made in the USA (from imported components)”
That’s great. Another consequence of these dumb tariffs: extra shipping and the associated greenhouse emissions.
Wait. I can’t go to Canada, buy a jacket for 20 CAD, and bring it back to the US without paying a tariff on it?
Well, since Trump’s put it all on hold for 30 days, yes you still can.
Part of what Trump is upset with is the current trade agreement where small purchases aren’t duty free; Temu has been taking advantage of this by shipping goods in batches below the threshold even for things that would already have tariffs on them.
There’s a duty limit of $200 for a one day trip, unless they’ve changed it. Two day trips are $800.
Everything you buy over the limit should be declared and taxed. If you fail to declare something and get caught you’ll be fined for smugling.
First, thank you!
There’s a website that’s kind of helpful:
Basically, digital stuff is probably the easiest. And as others have pointed out, visiting helps!
I happen to be road tripping to west coast this summer and will be going north to canada and then west. I need a new winter coat so I’ll be picking one up while in Canada.
One coat would keep you warm
Twenty would keep you very warm.
That would be tax evasion and highly illegal. Their is a reason governments hate XMR.
boydster@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
We’re all gonna being paying tariffs in solidarity together, homes. This whole debacle is such a stupid self-own for America that costs us AND everyone else.
All that sweet, sweet tariff money, just flowing into the govt for Elon to use as a slush fund. Or whatever other superb galaxy obtained idea comes up.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Holmes**