(02-20-2026, 09:47 PM)sahgwa Wrote: Most companies in Europe especially seem too stupid or uncaring to do their diligence with tariffs, so I have had to forego receiving some books and music from France and stuff because the vendors do not want to fill out the paperwork or do the basic simple arithmetic to pass on the tariff cost in the shipping . Its very frustrating.
La Poste in FR said they ship to USA but these lazy ass companies are lying and say they don't lol.
So far no problem with books and stuff from Germany.
But if we can keep our advtantage but still streamline international trade I will be thankful.
Back in the day 2000s, we had a supplier who always bitched about the landed cost and his margins.
After checking around, another supplier confirmed that the margins are super thin, so far, every tariff increase in our tiny sector has been eaten by the supplier in China. There is no room stateside to absorb additional costs, we would lose suppliers.
As Ive said elsewhere, I have issues with Trump here and there, but economically we are still afloat, feels like the first time since COVID we have some stability.
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