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Exclusive-Chinese sellers on Amazon to hike prices or exit US as tariffs soar, association says
Yahoo finance ^ | 4/9/25 | David Kirton

Posted on 04/09/2025 7:49:10 PM PDT by hardspunned

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese companies that sell products on Amazon are preparing to hike prices for the U.S. or quit that market due to the "unprecedented blow" from President Donald Trump's tariff hikes, the head of China's largest e-commerce association said.

Trump said on Wednesday he would raise tariffs on Chinese imports to 125% from the 104% level already in effect, escalating the high-stakes confrontation between the two world's largest economies.

"This isn't just a tax issue, it's that the entire cost structure gets entirely overwhelmed," said Wang Xin, the head of the Shenzhen Cross-Border E-Commerce Association, which represents more than 3,000 Amazon sellers.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: china; chinese; tariffs; trump
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But my Temu!
1 posted on 04/09/2025 7:49:10 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

How WILL we survive?


2 posted on 04/09/2025 7:51:47 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: HIDEK6

Oh noes!


3 posted on 04/09/2025 7:52:35 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: hardspunned

Boo

Hoo

Elect a different government.....


4 posted on 04/09/2025 8:00:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 ( )
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To: hardspunned

Wood doesn’t just grow on trees.

Chris Matthews


5 posted on 04/09/2025 8:01:03 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: hardspunned

What’s the downside ?


6 posted on 04/09/2025 8:06:00 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: TornadoAlley3

ROFL


7 posted on 04/09/2025 8:07:39 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: TornadoAlley3

“We get so much of our lumber, our two-by-fours, from Canada…What are we going to do? Have more lumber made in the United States now?”

What a moron!


8 posted on 04/09/2025 8:08:03 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 months)
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To: hardspunned

I wonder what Powers Booth would have to say about this.


9 posted on 04/09/2025 8:08:15 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

What’s interesting is they may be unable to afford an invasion of Taiwan.


10 posted on 04/09/2025 8:10:57 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: hardspunned
Hard to find anything on Amazon not made in China.

11 posted on 04/09/2025 8:12:05 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: hardspunned

When will Trump get around to changing the mailing costs for China? I think it costs less to send something from China to the US than it does domestically.


12 posted on 04/09/2025 8:14:10 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: Chicory

That mailing advantage was removed from them today. China will pay more or ship by sea.


13 posted on 04/09/2025 8:25:06 PM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: hardspunned

If fermented black beans cost more because of the tariffs, I’ll pay the higher price without a murmur. Spending more here and saving more there will, eventually, even out. I trust Trump. And I’ll be grateful that Chinese spices stay available regardless of their prices.


14 posted on 04/09/2025 8:41:41 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

To the limited extent that that is true, it’s because manufacturing has moved to China.


15 posted on 04/09/2025 8:42:22 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: hardspunned

amazon has become a junk pile of chinese crap, much of which is counterfeits of legitimate goods ... it’s like walking through a field of landmines to find quality goods worth buying on amazon these days ...

food products in particular are problematic, particularly bulk powders and supplements in general with a gazillion brand names one has never heard of and which do not list the country of origin ... lately, i’ve been having fun asking amazon’s rufus where stuff was sourced from, and it almost always has to admit it doesn’t know, which of course means it came from china ...

[btw, lots of US companies that sell stuff on amazon fudge their labels with stuff like, “packaged in the U.S.”, “assembled in the U.S.”, and even “Made in the U.S., none of which mean the ingredients or parts were SOURCED in the U.S.] ...

i refuse to buy any food or supplement online unless i know the country of origin or it was made by a legitimate company in the USA like Jarrow that performs HPLC testing of its raw ingredients to make sure the ingredient is what they’ve been told it was and that it’s not contaminated with anything not on the ingredient label ...

I recently gave up on trying to buy safe whey protein isolate on amazon there was so much fudging on the labels: nonsense like “from happy grass-fed cows”, or “from Jersey cows”, none of which says WHERE these cows were fed, raised, milked or anything else ... anytime a product refuses to list the country of origin, you know the makers are NOT proud of where the stuff came from and know that lots of people won’t buy it if came from china ...

i’m starting to buy stuff from manufacturer’s online retail outlets whenever possible now, esp. food and supplements ... it’s more expensive as is shipping, but at least i know that what i’m buying is unlikely to be poison ...


16 posted on 04/09/2025 9:05:14 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

amazon has become a junk pile of chinese crap, much of which is counterfeits of legitimate goods ... it’s like walking through a field of landmines to find quality goods worth buying on amazon these days ...

food products in particular are problematic, particularly bulk powders and supplements in general with a gazillion brand names one has never heard of and which do not list the country of origin ... lately, i’ve been having fun asking amazon’s rufus where stuff was sourced from, and it almost always has to admit it doesn’t know, which of course means it came from china ...

[btw, lots of US companies that sell stuff on amazon fudge their labels with stuff like, “packaged in the U.S.”, “assembled in the U.S.”, and even “Made in the U.S., none of which mean the ingredients or parts were SOURCED in the U.S.] ...

i refuse to buy any food or supplement online unless i know the country of origin or it was made by a legitimate company in the USA like Jarrow that performs HPLC testing of its raw ingredients to make sure the ingredient is what they’ve been told it was and that it’s not contaminated with anything not on the ingredient label ...

I recently gave up on trying to buy safe whey protein isolate on amazon there was so much fudging on the labels: nonsense like “from happy grass-fed cows”, or “from Jersey cows”, none of which says WHERE these cows were fed, raised, milked or anything else ... anytime a product refuses to list the country of origin, you know the makers are NOT proud of where the stuff came from and know that lots of people won’t buy it if came from china ...

i’m starting to buy stuff from manufacturer’s online retail outlets whenever possible now, esp. food and supplements ... it’s more expensive as is shipping, but at least i know that what i’m buying is unlikely to be poison ...


17 posted on 04/09/2025 9:06:07 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: hardspunned

Don’t let the doorknob hit you in the ass on your way out!


18 posted on 04/09/2025 9:06:18 PM PDT by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: Chicory

today, president trump at least closed the tariff loophole that allowed the hundreds of thousands of packages from china with goods under $800.00 to avoid being tariffed ... the tariffs will have to be paid, and i bet lots of those packages will be opened and inspected and found to have fraudulent declarations, in which case they’ll be confiscated ... if that happens enough times, the whole china direct-mail-order setup will collapse ...


19 posted on 04/09/2025 9:09:06 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: hardspunned

Well Bye.


20 posted on 04/09/2025 9:20:38 PM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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