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To be fair, China has been widely abusing the <$800 rule for a number of years. And it really wasn't not helping either economy. Temu routinely employs forced l
by shafoshaf 1y ago
To be fair, China has been widely abusing the <$800 rule for a number of years. And it really wasn't not helping either economy. Temu routinely employs forced labor and worse to give those super low prices that US companies can't compete with.
https://youtu.be/quGoGgbP-aE?si=FL8pgTssEwn5qEvS&t=387 https://youtu.be/quGoGgbP-aE?si=FL8pgTssEwn5qEvS&t=387
- sschueller 1y agoYes, but it's the receiver that is supposed to handle the tariff not the sender.
- coliveira 1y agoSince when forced labor was a problem for Americans? We know for decades that Diamonds are extracted with forced labor, many imported agricultural products like coffee, clothing, etc. use forced labor/minors/slave-like conditions. The US never stoped buying these products because of such issues.
- UncleSlacky 1y agoNot to mention the domestic prison-industrial complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial_comp...
- runako 1y agoUS companies also have access to locally-sourced forced labor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries There must be some other reason Temu is able to sell goods at lower prices, especially now that China is not a particularly low-wage country.