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Old 05-22-2022, 01:58 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by mav1178 View Post
I think you're confusing the two things.

Spot rates are for containers that are booked as needed, those are sky high but slightly lower now vs earlier this year.

Tariffs are part of duties levied by CBP. I only mentioned it as a reference to a "could be worse" scenario for landed cost for goods...

but yes, keep thinking that this is somehow all under the control of the US government and it can all go away tomorrow... if that was the case, then it is not capitalism that we are enjoying, it's authoritarianism we are living under since the beginning of time.

But it is authoritarianism. Our government is ran by the rich. Not by our government. Come on bro you should know better by now. We’ve seen it too many times.


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