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

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• brandon@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  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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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s only illegal if you’re caught

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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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• LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well fuck. I work at an MSP and we sell exclusively sell computers. 💀

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  • admin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Used market boom baby!

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