Apple rapidly shipped five planeloads of iPhones and other products from India to the US in late March to avoid new tariffs, ensuring steady prices temporarily. This pre-tariff move helps delay global price revisions. Other exports like gems and jewellery also surged to capitalize before the tariffs took effect. March exports are estimated to surpass $800 billion.
  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    2 months ago

    Tim apple will charge tariffs on these and your dumb ass will pay…

    Let’s see how a normal American reaction looms in 12 months 🐸

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 months ago

      No they won’t - not for the inventory that’s already in-country. Apple sells things as DDP - Delivered Duty Paid. Look up what that means. It’s pretty clear.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 months ago

          It doesn’t, nor should it prevent them, if I’m being blunt. A 100%+ tariff on the country where they produce their shit is tantamount to telling them as a company that they’re simply not allowed to make any profit anymore whatsoever, within the United States. And it would basically force them to operate as a de facto charity if they didn’t raise their prices in the US as a result. Which - for those in the back - is precisely the fucking point everyone is making about tarrifs and how stupid they are. This is all just a money grab by orangeboi.

          This isn’t me being an Apple Stan; this is just simple economics. It’s applicable to ANY company that’s producing stuff in China.

          Also, if orangeboi tries to do some sort of executive order of “Tim Apple isn’t allowed to raise his prices in the US”, that’s a nakedly apparent shakedown.

          • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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            2 months ago

            I see your point but I have hard time giving any fucks about shit mega corpo getting hurt after Tim apple went and sucked trump off on TV

            They deserve each other. Only thing I care about is working folk getting fucked but that has been going since Civilization started and we just bare it some of even worship the regime and their whores.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I, similarly, ordered a shitload of ramen noodles from sayweee.com/en before the tariffs kicked in. They haven’t arrived yet but when they do, it’s going to be a box so big, my neighbors are going to assume I got new furniture.

    • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Tariffs apply when they arrive at port, not when you order. Yours might not ever show up because if they don’t pay the tariffs by EOD after arriving at port they get destroyed.