• baconsunday@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    You said there is no instance that a consumer paid tariffs. FedEx and UPS are the ones who ship what you paid for, yes.

    If YOU personally order something internationally and it is subject to applicable duties, when it arrives at customs, customs/carrier procedures can require you to pay the import duty before receiving the package, or it will remain in their custody until YOU pay the dues.

    So, anyways, as I have said, it is not JUST corporations who paid the tariffs.

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      18 hours ago

      I understand what you’re saying, but when you pay that import duty, are you paying customs directly? Or are you paying UPS to pay customs?

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      21 hours ago

      Right, but who did you pay it to? If you paid Customs directly, you paid the terrifs, of you paid UPS they paid they tarrif and you just reimbursed them. There’s an important difference.