https://www.ft.com/content/607cf847-e85a-49c0-8062-6cc12b144117
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I find this link paywalled.
Other stories cannot be linked to because SAS is blocking the name of the current US president from links.
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Try to repost the link now @lake
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Here goes another variation
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Whatever happened to the idea of making Chinese imports pay the same shipping fees as we pay to ship within the US. I’m not opposed to helping small struggling economies get their foot in the door of the American consumer, but there’s no way a company based in China should be able to ship me something for $3 and still make a profit. The USPS is loosing money on these deliveries.
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This has been an issue for a long time. So has the tariff dodging issue. The reason why it’s only now getting attention is because it’s a big company doing it.
There’s been crap ebay and amazon FBM sellers selling things with 3 week delivery times for ages now.
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They need to crack down on the fraud garbage coming in on Amazon. They ruled that Amazon isn’t responsible for customer fraud if the product is from another country and they can’t verify the details are true. Trust going to Amazon for them to be honest. In reality, it just made them take down more US sellers.
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You are right, but the US has decided to give up its sovereignty on this issue and allow an international organization to make the decision.
We often allow international organizations to make decisions which negatively affect us, either for advantages in other decisions or “the common good”.
We will probably always allow some international organizations to make decisions which are contrary to the country, its people and its businesses.
There are always new proposals to do exactly that.
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I guarantee if it affected the profit margins of the companies hiring the top ten lobbyists in Washington, the problem would be gone overnight.
Just like corporations pointing fingers on things like human rights and international criminal courts to justify why they still do business in shady places with shady dictators, it’s a scapegoat for subsidies or an excuse for a questionable revenue stream/tax loophole to continue.
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I might believe that as well. But for more years than anyone will admit, the goal of US trade negotiations was making it easier for Boeing to make sales and we would give away just about anything to remove barriers to Boeing sales. See how well it served Boeing, its workers and the nation. I assume even mainstream news sources share how screwed up the company has become.
You get no better results when you use government employees than the private companies to set policy. Everyone has an agenda, whether they get it from their lobbyist or their relative who has a special interest in an issue.
When the attorney representing a big tech company in their fight against an anti-trust action is one of the debate coaches for a presidential candidate, it is hard to repeat the old traditional arguments with any credibility.
As most of Big Tech learned, if they failed to lobby they suffered at the hands of government. That is why they are now one of the most reliable sources of funding for DC lobbyists.
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While I agree with that notion, I would argue that process is the ebb and flow in the grind for profits, as we can see companies like Andruil innovating as the big 5 like Boeing lost their way trading innovation for shareholder profits. Starliner, 737 Max, KC-46, all share the same core principle and that is cost overruns equating to higher profits due to cost plus contracts, which is a pure lobbying agenda, not a consumer/user driven profit margin. They got greedy and now we will see if the reduction from 51 aerospace companies to five means pigs like Boeing are too fat for slaughter for the purposes of future innovation. This sloth like grotesque bloated company is only able to exist when regulators come from the regulated. Cough Cough, Bear Stearns. LOL
I assert one does when the external money is removed from the equation as greed is too easy in our current system, that and nepotism.
Sorry I don’t do political dog whistle or paywall, but a basic google search indicates your comment is pointed to one particular political party despite this being a generational issue uncorrected by either IMO. If I am off in that assertion please PM me and accept my apologies.
I listen to preachers talk and I am non-religious, so I can learn to communicate effectively/better. I read W.F. Buckley and Noam Chomsky and equivalent points across the spectrum to better articulate myself. So why wouldn’t a person get debate coaching from someone who “By all accounts, she possesses the rare ability to tell them what they are doing wrong and how to fix it—and how to inject humor and humanity to sell themselves to voters watching the debate.” NYT before going in front of millions of people to talk.
That’s like saying pilots should not listen to the advice of Chesley Sullenberger or Al Haynes before loading passengers on the jet for the first time. If I had to play a cello at the super bowl, I would be calling Yo-Yo Ma and getting some tips. 
But that’s just me, I like being prepared and not looking like bumbling idiot like I used to be before I started speaking in front of a few hundred people.
While I also agree in what I believe is your core assertion, but assert they those lobbyists are fighting to keep the technology sector like the wild west, as noted by the vitriol of the DMCA we saw between the profits of tech and profits of entertainment. Cough Cough… Napster They fight for the freedom to be like Boeing, a fat lazy pig, spending more money stifling competition over innovating for humanity and the betterment of America.
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This FT article link does not appear to be paywalled:
US targets trade loophole used by ecommerce groups Temu and Shein
https://www.ft.com/content/2f07510b-d2c6-4bae-bae3-aa5dfa8bd796
The US said the number of shipments entering the country via the de minimis rule had jumped from about 140mn a year a decade ago to more than 1bn a year today. Officials said the vast number of parcels made it harder to block shipments of faulty products and illegal drugs like fentanyl.
The new US rules aim to ensure products that ship direct-to-consumer cannot avoid the higher duties, which the WH said covered 40 per cent of imports from China, including 70 per cent of textiles.
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Perhaps it only is if you are someone who is likely to have read previous FT articles without deciding to subscribe.
Some people who post here are more likely to have visited the Financial Times website without the help of this site.
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Perhaps we have different definition of what constitutes a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Both are often ignored by both parties.
There is no potential conflict of interest in your straw men.
There was no dog whistle in my post, just a recognition of this forum’s desire to keep politics off SAS
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When I clicked through my own link from SAS, it was indeed paywalled, like @wadeorcas when I did the same. 
They have rigorous blocks to copying text; perhaps they also auto-retrict access from third party (non-search) sites, too.
I don’t think paywall-or-not is necessarily a reflection of any user’s reading habits, rather than FT trying to protect (monetize) their IP.
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Many news sites let you view X number of “free” articles before they put up the paywall
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The link allowed us to access; however, we declined to allow tracking and gathering information (we were also web browser incognito).
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This, the FT paywalls most stories, and randomly will let someone read them.
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12ft didn’t work to bypass it either. That doesn’t happen often.
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Somewhat related to the topic. Look at the text I got today:
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