Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way. Hiding lithium batteries in mass is almost as impossible as hiding precursor in air soft rounds. It just doesn’t happen anymore.
Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way.
Smuggling implies you’re already paying a tariff, just not a government sanctioned one. Like drugs, you’re not getting Colombian prices on that Switch2. You’re paying for every border, agent, and politician along the way. Hiding lithium batteries in mass is almost as impossible as hiding precursor in air soft rounds. It just doesn’t happen anymore.
That’s called a markup.
Both taxes and tarrifs are legal definitions.