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minus-squareartyomlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 days agoThat’s not how tariffs work. You can’t just circumvent them by packaging them differently.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoPackaging, no. But manufacturing it into something else, yes. Do you think a tariff on copper would apply to an iPhone? Or a tariff on oil?
minus-squareartyomlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days ago Do you think a tariff on copper would apply to an iPhone? …of course? Or a tariff on oil? Do your iPhones usually take oil? 🤔
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days ago Do your iPhones usually take oil? What do you think plastic is made from?
That’s not how tariffs work. You can’t just circumvent them by packaging them differently.
Packaging, no. But manufacturing it into something else, yes.
Do you think a tariff on copper would apply to an iPhone? Or a tariff on oil?
…of course?
Do your iPhones usually take oil? 🤔
What do you think plastic is made from?