| ▲ | Symbiote a day ago | |
Exports have a country of origin declared. If I post something from Denmark to Canada, they want to know the origin of the goods. If it's China, the China tariffs (if any) apply rather than the Denmark/EU ones. If the declaration is incorrect, the goods can be siezed or returned. Penguin Island is a nature preserve (the whole thing), no one is building anything. | ||
| ▲ | timr 20 hours ago | parent [-] | |
The words you're looking for are "substantial transformation" [1]. Exporters in country A (with high tariffs on exports to USA) ship partially completed products to country B (with no/lower tariffs to USA), and then do some manufacturing step. Country B then exports completed products to USA. China was doing this extensively via Mexico under the USMCA [2]. It's not a matter of debate. [1] https://www.trade.gov/rules-origin-substantial-transformatio... | ||