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To: kabar

Doesn’t the shipping country have to pay the tariff? If China or Korea sends us steel with a 25% tariff, doesn’t Korea have to pay an additional 25% tax?


82 posted on 03/04/2018 6:51:46 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: bray
Doesn’t the shipping country have to pay the tariff? If China or Korea sends us steel with a 25% tariff, doesn’t Korea have to pay an additional 25% tax?

No, the importers pay the tariff. It makes US made steel more competitive for domestic buyers.

108 posted on 03/04/2018 7:23:31 AM PST by kabar
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