People regularly cite US media on the forum. True when it fits the narrative. Western propaganda when it doesnt.
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AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Yeah fits the narrative when its made up in the first place. How convenient. Bloomberg also said China was listening in on Trump's personal phone. Funny for such a serious crime, not a peep from the US government at all.
No denial. So I guess the post was not wrong.
Well at least 10% are already passed on to consumer.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Well you know, when a blowhard tells you he's doing great and you see his back yard on fire, you call bullshit. But when that blowhard is sitting there expressionless telling you his business just went bankrupt and all his shit is on repo, you tend to believe him. Being a "democracy" that relies on votes and in a desperate angry time, the US is the world's biggest blowhard.
Not really. It's actually pretty straight forward if you quote the entire sentence like MortyandRick did.
Don't be so modest; you're ahead of the pack of other Trump supporters!
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AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Yes and why this clarification? Because the media was also reporting that so many ships were being booked because of Trump repealing tariffs on China that there was a shortage of container ships now. All it proves is the media will report assumptions as fact just like they will report wishful thing as fact. So claiming Shein is lowing prices to prove that China is eating the tariffs can be a lie and just like wishful thinking to make it look that Trump is right and winning the tariff war when he's not. It's always funny that the people that thought up the term "Fake News" pick and choose what fake news they want to believe.
FriedRiceNSpice
Captain
Not votes, campaign contributions.
No. Read the previous comment from my best friend.
SHEIN did lower prices. Tariffs are also factored into their prices. It was a bit of deceptive marketing when SHEIN said customers won’t be charged extra for tariffs.
But if prices have only gone up 10%, how are they managing the rest of the tariffs.
The reciprocal tariffs which were implemented from April 2nd were lowered to 10%, and Shein has since adjusted their April price hikes to around 10%, so there's no difference here between the adjusted Liberation day tariffs and the price increases. The only new thing that Shein needs to pay for is the de minimis loophole being closed and the 54% small package tariff rate, but that can be mitigated by importing things in bulk and storing them in warehouses instead of directly shipping small packages to customers.
One tidbit from the Shein/Temu tariff story is that some Chinese Americans are making their homes ad-hoc warehouses to store merchandise to mitigate the de minimis loophole being revoked, if you're American who knows Chinese and needs a side-gig this might be interesting for you:
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Yeah I read that Shein lowered prices after Trump dropped 145% tariffs. That isn't called eating the tariff.
Because tariff is calculated on declared value of goods on arrival, not marked up retail price of good, paying 30% tariff on a $10 gizmo that sells for $30 increases its price from $30 to $33. I mean why did you think Shein switched to local US warehousing? lol
Also I take it Americans have completely gave up on "bringing back manufacturing" and now consider a win as "I can still afford to buy from Shein"
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