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Comment by xnx

2 days ago

Who pays the importer?

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xnx

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jleyank  2 days ago

Seller doing the importing, so they pay the foreign entity for their goods and sends the appropriate cut to the US Government. At that point, they either eat the additional cost of business or make their customers do so. Or something in between.

Tariffs are like a national sales tax.

pests  2 days ago

The person who wants it imported, the buyer?

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