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New Tariff on ‘Transshipped’ Goods Mystifies Importers

The Trump administration levied a hefty tariff on goods that are moved through other countries, but it has not yet fully explained its plans.

© Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times

In addition to an extra 40 percent tariff on goods that pass through more than one country, the White House is designing rules to apply higher charges on components that go through a similar transshipment before assembly.
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