Hong Kong Post on Wednesday announced it was suspending shipment of all packages to the U.S. as a result of the Trump administration’s tariffs and the removal of an exemption that allowed lower value shipments to the U.S. duty free.
Bubba here 
can sew with the best of the nimble fingered Chinese, and Bangladeshis, but you gotta pay him GOOD, and pay health, and workmans comp, and the SS match and, and and.
and do not cross, lil’l Bubba, because he signed with Union, and that is a lot of Bubba’s to contend with.
But you are the manufacturer, so you are of no concern… well unless you make more than we think you should.
But at least in America someone won’t steal your IP then sell it to everyone else behind your back.
Funny, tariffs were never discussed, and is now a common topic.
I would argue, that putting 104% tariffs on China would actually increase the practice of stealing IP from the USA, and selling what is good to other countries, and the US - though at higher prices.
Depending on the product. Like Nike Shoes, that make most of their product in China/Vietnam, I do not see any decrease in stealing Nike IP. If anything, I see a massive increase.
As for the small seller, or one that designs, makes and sells here, the Tariffs are a BOON, with less competition, and even possilbe a decline in stolen IP designs, but be clear, if it is a great design, or game, or gaget, then it will still be stolen, and safely so in China, and sold to the other 200+ countries.
So maybe kinda sorta good for IP protection.
I would also argue, that the ONLY TRUE GREAT IP protection is some sort of government agency that enforces it in some way. We have the laws, to “protect us” here, but virtually no enforcement except at the ports, (and our very expensive courts) that are virtually automated, with only random checks.
For foreign IP protection, one needs allies, and 104% will allow China to “overlook” its obligations.
well there was a significant % increase on folks financing their Coachella purchases; so I can imagine, girls freaking out over Shein price increases.
Sometimes, the red pill movement get it right when stating the obvious.
Hard to innovate when you don’t have the right environment that allows it; but they’re good at reverse engineering stuff and then making it cheaper. They will always win the volume game except that is not where all games are played.
Till their population/demographic problem peaks out in a few decades. They have not moved to the value add end of the manufacturing spectrum like Germany, US, Korea, Japan etc have done. The CHIPS Act was a blatant and obvious attempt to hamstring them from stealing their way forward with stuff like extreme ultraviolet lithography like they have in the Netherlands, US, Japan etc.
Why we have allowed their citizens to attend our prestigious universities instead of citizens and allies still befuddles me… oh wait tuition profits… nevermind.
Note: This is neutral commentary… (or is it?)
It is easy to point out now in hindsight specific issues, but the goal was always to bring the Chinese into the world America and Europe built.
This was a common sense goal, that if we could open up the Chinese to our “world” they would ultimately change to a more fair society and not be the RED CHINESE with NUKES. Which was a BIG issue back then.
Maybe the US should have left the Chinese in poverty and simply let them alone?
But woe be us - America was built on business, and profits, and expansion, so we the people, along with our elected pols all jumped right into the deal with eyes wide shut but pockets wide open.
So again easy, to point to Universitys letting students in, but so did businesses, and Corporations who gladly gave the crown jewels away for the promise of selling to a billion people.
I think there is enough Jewel sizing contests going on at the moment