US Tariffs: $80-$200 Surcharge On All Packages Regardless of Price

[kronovan]

I saw a news ticker on the CBC News broadcast where the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses estimates that a 3rd of all their members will be effected by this change. Unfortunately I missed the actual interview. I don't know what % of all CDN manufactures and retailers CFIB members represent, or whether that pecentage holds true for the rest of the economy. But a 3rd does sound like a hefty chunk with lots of shipping to be potentially effected!

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

I saw a news ticker on the CBC News broadcast where the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses estimates that a 3rd of all their members will be effected by this change. Unfortunately I missed the actual interview. I don't know what % of all CDN manufactures and retailers CFIB members represent, or whether that pecentage holds true for the rest of the economy. But a 3rd does sound like a hefty chunk with lots of shipping to be potentially effected!

I heard the other day that if companies could become CUSMA compliant, they can avoid the fees. Doing so is difficult and takes time. Also, if any parts of your product are not CUSMA(if they come from other non CUSMA countries), then you can’t apply.

 

[kronovan]

I heard the other day that if companies could become CUSMA compliant, they can avoid the fees. Doing so is difficult and takes time. Also, if any parts of your product are not CUSMA(if they come from other non CUSMA countries), then you can’t apply.

Yep, I read the same.

 

[overgeeked]

An appeals court just said the tariffs are illegal. Here's to hoping that stands.

 

[Cergorach]

An appeals court just said the tariffs are illegal. Here's to hoping that stands.

And then the question becomes, does customs listen to their courts or their president...

 

[tetrasodium]

And then the question becomes, does customs listen to their courts or their president...

I think that there is zero chance this won't be appealed. More important question we will be if it appeals to scotus or Congress. Scotus has lately been rather predictable in their willingness to interpret law in unexpected ways while an appeal to Congress could be as simple as "yes we grant the ability to set those to the POTUS under these criteria/no we already denied that ability years ago". Saw an interview with someone involved in the case even talking about why it should be appealed to Congress and how that could go

 

[haakon1]

So, is the fixed cost per package rather than % tariffs still/actually happening?

I read in the Seattle Times this morning that an American living in Thailand can’t send mail to the US because the Thai post office refuses to do it due to the tariff complexity - apparently happening in other countries too.

 

[Cergorach]

So, is the fixed cost per package rather than % tariffs still/actually happening?

I read in the Seattle Times this morning that an American living in Thailand can’t send mail to the US because the Thai post office refuses to do it due to the tariff complexity - apparently happening in other countries too.

If someone where to cut a few dozen Internet cables, the US would be completely cut of from the rest of the world...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If someone where to cut a few dozen Internet cables, the US would be completely cut of from the rest of the world...

Need some travel bans to really do that right.

 

[Scribe]

I read in the Seattle Times this morning that an American living in Thailand can’t send mail to the US because the Thai post office refuses to do it due to the tariff complexity - apparently happening in other countries too.

There was a period during covid, when I could not get packages from Japan sent to Canada, Magic cards to be exact. The world is weird as hell.