FRIDAY....FYI......TARIFFS TACKED TO ON LINE SHOPPING

www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trum

The economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda hasn’t yet taken a toll on most American consumers. That changes on Friday.

Trump’s decision to eliminate a special exemption that allows products from mainland China and Hong Kong under $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free, part of his trade offensive against Beijing, are hitting the ever-growing market of online shoppers. Starting Friday, Americans will see the cost of the president’s 145 percent tariff on Chinese goods on many packages they order directly from retailers there — some with tariff fees clearly displayed on their invoices.

It represents the first visible evidence of how tariffs are driving up the costs of home goods, clothes and other everyday items as Americans are spending billions of dollars with online sellers overseas. It’s a major political risk for a president and Republicans in Congress who campaigned on bringing prices down after a surge of inflation under President Joe Biden, and could feed the economic gloom among American voters, who are already alarmed about the impact of Trump’s tariffs.

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) acknowledged Thursday the tightrope his party is walking on tariffs. “I worry, probably as much as anything, that there could be some temporary inflation and that could have a lot of consequences. Hopefully not, but if so, play the long game.”

The White House argues the move to place tariffs on low-value packages form China will help combat fentanyl smuggling, noting cartels have taken advantage of the lack of customs screening. China is a major source of the illicit drug. “Tens of thousands of Americans are paying with their lives every year for the fentanyl and other illicit drugs that are being smuggled over our borders and through everyday packages,” said White House spokesman Kush Desai. “The Trump administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to save American lives and level the playing field for American workers and industries.”

But the Trump administration also seems to recognize the political peril. On Tuesday, Trump called Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after a news report claimed Amazon would display how much tariffs are adding to each of its products’ prices.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it “a hostile and political act by Amazon” during a press briefing, before Amazon said that it was only “considering the idea” for one segment of products on its site.

But other online retailers are already attempting similar moves. Fast-fashion giants Shein and Temu, which ship many Chinese-made products directly to consumers, have already raised prices, and publicly blamed U.S. tariffs. Temu is displaying the “import charges” that more than double the costs of items coming from China, while highlighting “local” items not subject to tariffs. Etsy, the website which connects customers directly with craft makers, has urged people to buy and sell domestically and avoid purchasing products from China. And wedding website The Knot has stopped listing certain products from China in its The Knot Shop, which sells wedding tchotchkes like cake toppers and personalized napkins, according to an email to customers, which said that the decision was caused by the tariffs.

HA upset that she has to pay more for crappy and dangerous Chinese goods. Not getting enough lead in your diet?

No, she just found a journalist she agrees with. Typical cut and paste with no comment of her own. Lazy and boring.

OH, I THOUGHT ''CONNECTING THE DOTS'' WAS SOMETHING U BELIEVED TO BE BOGUS....THERE , MADE A COMMENT.

FredHayek wrote: HA upset that she has to pay more for crappy and dangerous Chinese goods. Not getting enough lead in your diet?

OH, U KNOW ME SO WELL.....I HAVE BEEN THRIFTING SINCE I WAS IN MY MID 30S, SILKS, WOOL, LINEN,COTTON ,RAYON,RAMIE...NATURAL FIBER, ACRYLIC AND POLYESTER IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT U GET AT ANY CLOTHING STORE. ( UNLESS U R WELL MONEYED) I COLLECT HAND THROWN POTTERY FROM LOCAL ARTISANS, WATER COLORS FROM LOCALS.....TELLURIDE HAS THROWN THEIR EXPENSIVE STUFF TO GOODWILL...WOVEN DINE RUGS, FINE LEATHERS,
WELL CRAFTED WOOD FURNITURE...I USE,RECYCLE, REHOME ITEMS BECAUSE THE OLDER STUFF IS WELL MADE AND NOT PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE CRAP.. I AM LOW TEK, DO NOT NEED/WANT ALL THE BEST AND LATEST ELECTRONIC BULLSHIT......HOBBY LOBBY IS NOT WHERE I SHOP.....I SHOP THRIFT STORES MOST ALWAYS......THEN I CLEANSE THE ITEM, ENERGETICALLY AND PHYSICALLY.....AND IT'S FUN TO FIND 'COOL' AND FUNKY STUFF ....I FOUND A RAKU POTTERY VASE WITH A FOREST MOTIFF JUST LAST WEEKEND...AND THE CUTEST LITTLE BOOK,''OLD AGE IS ALWAYS 15 YEARS OLDER THAN I AM"...ESTATE SALE OF A LITTLE 90 Y.O. COUPLE.....IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE MY GRANDPARENTS ,THEIR ESSENCE WAS JUST SO COOL AND MOUNTAIN FOLK.

Environmentalists must be in heaven. Petroleum consumption plummets. Americans choosing to re-use goods instead of replacing them with Chinese substandard goods.

With 20% fewer truck drivers needed, we can start deporting the ones who can't read English and weren't properly certified.

But NO, Colorado news is the leaders working to supply more multi language info for our beloved
"NEW COMERS" while some states pass laws making English the only governmental language used.

Freezeman wrote: But NO, Colorado news is the leaders working to supply more multi language info for our beloved
"NEW COMERS" while some states pass laws making English the only governmental language used.

HOW SIMPLY SMALL YOUR WORLD IS....EUROPE IS MULTI LINGUAL AND ENGLISH IS A SECONDARY LANGUAGE, MEANING MOST CHILDREN R MULTI LINGUAL TAUGHT....IT SHOULD BE A LAW IN THE USA TO BE MULTI LINGUAL. ....SINCE MOST LABORERS/FARM WORKERS R FROM MEXICO OR LATINO .....THE MOST OBVIOUS SECOND LANGUAGE SHOULD BE SPANISH.

IT IS AN EGOTISTICAL MINDSET THAT IS MICRO IN IT'S CONSTRUCT.

HA wants a law to force Americans to be multilingual. Force students to take Spanish class? They are currently graduating kids who aren't even literate in English!

Plus language is a perishable skill. Very easy to fall out of bilingual capability if you aren't constantly using it.

A few years ago I mentioned to a Norwegian man how good his English was. He said it was imperative to learn another language because Norway only had 3 million people. Everywhere he went on vacation, no one spoke Norwegian. But most knew how to speak English because it is the number one second language, especially since most of the internet is in English.

BODED....BINGO AND LOOK WHAT THE CZAR HAS DONE TO THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM....MAKING IT EVEN WORSE,WHOSE FAULT IS THAT...IS IT BECAUSE WE,AS A NATION, DO NOT PUT A HIGH PRIORITY FOR GOOD TEACHERS AND PAY THEM ACCORDINGLY?... WHEN A TEACHER HAS TO SUPPLY HER STUDENTS WITH MATERIALS.....MOST DIP INTO THEIR OWN POCKET BOOK TO SUPPLEMENT THE POOR QUALITY THAT THE STUDENT IS PROVIDED FROM THE ADM.