Let me explain something to all of you...having regularly done 6-figure imports from China for many years....What China gets away with is ridiculous. They are MASTERS of manipulating our customs laws by misclassifying
goods, stealing our IP. Have any of you shipped a box from the USA to China, and then shipped that exact same box from China to the USA? It is easily 4-5 times the price shipping USA-China. And it is because we in the USA are subsidizing China's shipping. If we buy a package from China, it is dirt cheap to get shipped China-USA. Our EXPORTERS (factories in the USA producing and exporting
goods elsewhere) make up for that by paying 4-5 times more to ship to China (and other places). It is outrageous, and it is exactly what Trump and his "illiterate supporters" are sick and tired of.
It's really incredible.....the same people who have argued for YEARS on this forum about how China produces garbage moving lights and steals US/European intellectual property....are now the SAME people who think the status quo has been fine for so many years and why are we trying to ruffle feathers with China. I am an importer....the tariffs will DEFINITELY hurt me in the short term. But ultimately it is a necessary thing we as a country need to do to right the ship of the outrageous trade imbalance which is taking work away from American workers and enriching the Chinese at the expense of American workers. You would be surprised how many importers I have met who agree with me. Our chinese suppliers are constantly telling us ways to circumvent or "work around" US customs laws to benefit both of us.
By the way....the major sticking
point in the
current US-PRC negotiations is ENFORCEMENT OF IP....China is refusing to agree to terms that would hold it accountable if it fails to protect US intellectual property. This is something you should all be on board with!!!!!
