The examples of nontariff "cheating" cited by Navarro included Chinese products routed through Vietnam, intellectual property theft and a value-added tax.
    • @theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
      2•10 days ago

      Ok I did… Someone else told me

      You sell something for 20€, you put on VAT to that and that’s the total price paid by the buyer.

      I feel like I’m taking crazy pills, I’m not even opposed to the idea of a VAT or a country incentivizing local production, but I feel like I’m being led in circles trying to understand what it actually is

      • @FelixCress@lemmy.world
        1•9 days ago

        I can definitely see the issues sane, adult and usually well educated EU officials encountered when they were trying to explain VAT to a bunch of cretins Trump employed.