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You are missing out the bit where you ordered the widget from China and then the US tax payers subsidised the Chinese companies delivery cost. All that is happ
by Marazan 7y ago
You are missing out the bit where you ordered the widget from China and then the US tax payers subsidised the Chinese companies delivery cost.
All that is happening is that subsidy is being removed.
- devoply 7y agoYes you either pay for the shipping or you pay the middle man. It's much cheaper for the consumer to subsidize the shipping than it is for the consumer to subsidize the middle man. I expect going forward Alibaba will open warehouses all over the US which their sellers can stock with goods which can then be shipped domestically for about the same cost. I doubt Alibaba will just go away.
- Marazan 7y agoOr, you buy from a different source. If cheap crap x from China has a moderately expensive source alternative from the USA and stopping subsidising the transportation costs from China makes the moderately expensive option price viable then that's good for the USA supplier without any middlemen being involved.