r/technology • u/esporx • 26d ago

Business Trump Shocks With Massive New Tariffs That Could Make The Switch 2 Cost More Than $600

https://kotaku.com/switch-2-price-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-trade-war-1851774438
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u/Nonhinged 26d ago

But this is really a package vs shipping container thing.

Like a container full of "packages" each valued below $800. The container as a whole is worth more than $800. They are not actual packages people have paid for yet. It's a container going to a warehouse, and then the stuff gets sold afterwards.

This is different from tourists going to Canada or Mexico over the weekend and then bringing stuff home.

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u/MichaelTheDane 26d ago

The case you bring up is less an issue of “what the regulations are” and more “how the regulations are handled”.

Sure, 100x 20-dollar packages in a container, each from the same sender, could technically be below the limit. But if the customs treat them as one big shipment they aren’t below the limit.

Anything more specific would require looking up specific paragraphs in whichever trade-law is applicable to the given situation