The 145% tariff is so absurd I wouldn't be surprised to see cheap chips glued to the item to exploit the exceptions.
"Oh yeah, that's not a shoe: it's the protective case for an ESP32 WiFi router".
For those who think this is ridiculous, this happens already on a regular basis with batteries to get around the regulations and fees around shipping them. Instead of getting the battery in the mail you’ll get a cheap flashlight in the mail with a battery inside it.
Famously, people got in trouble for importing "ice tea mix" to get around sugar tariffs.
> Instead of getting the battery in the mail you'll get a cheap flashlight in the mail with a battery inside it.
Much like those Wrapper upstarts, then?
Perhaps one could say they are "Smart shoes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonAdams.jpg
Sort of the inverse, but didn’t Ford import Turkish-built Transit Connect vans with full interiors, only to strip those out upon arrival in Baltimore, as a means of skirting the Chicken Tax?
Seems something like that. I googled it to see what chickens had to do with transits.
>The "Chicken Tax" is a 25% tariff on light trucks imported to the United States, established in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This tariff was a retaliatory measure against European countries, including France and West Germany, which had imposed tariffs on U.S. chicken exports.
This whole business gets rather silly. Viva free trade.
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/ford-pays-u-s-365-million-...
The moment they put tariffs I was thinking they just supercharged smuggling and illegal border crossing with multi trillion dollar market.
Nathan Fielder was ahead of things calling smoke detectors instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x87jemLFyo
