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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 prot

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".

ben_w 1y ago
Perhaps one could say they are "Smart shoes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonAdams.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonAdams.jpg
- re-thc 1y ago
  IoT to make a comeback?
SOLAR_FIELDS 1y ago
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.
- ignoramous 1y ago
  > 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?
- CSMastermind 1y ago
  Famously, people got in trouble for importing "ice tea mix" to get around sugar tariffs.
xbmcuser 1y ago
The moment they put tariffs I was thinking they just supercharged smuggling and illegal border crossing with multi trillion dollar market.
alistairSH 1y ago
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?
- tim333 1y ago
  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-to-settle-chicken-tax-dispute-on-turkish-made-transit-vans/ https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/ford-pays-u-s-365-million-...
__s 1y ago
Nathan Fielder was ahead of things calling smoke detectors instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x87jemLFyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x87jemLFyo
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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".

ben_w 1y ago

Perhaps one could say they are "Smart shoes": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonAdams.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonAdams.jpg

re-thc 1y ago
IoT to make a comeback?

SOLAR_FIELDS 1y ago

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.

ignoramous 1y ago
> 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?
CSMastermind 1y ago
Famously, people got in trouble for importing "ice tea mix" to get around sugar tariffs.

xbmcuser 1y ago

The moment they put tariffs I was thinking they just supercharged smuggling and illegal border crossing with multi trillion dollar market.

alistairSH 1y ago

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?

tim333 1y ago
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-to-settle-chicken-tax-dispute-on-turkish-made-transit-vans/ https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/ford-pays-u-s-365-million-...

__s 1y ago

Nathan Fielder was ahead of things calling smoke detectors instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x87jemLFyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x87jemLFyo

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