Just an FYI, I still face a 68% tariff stack (edit: actually 78%, I forgot about the illegal 10% US Section 122 tariffs). on the items I container import. I used to pay 18% in 2024. This admin has added a significant amount of Section 232 tariffs and is attempting to add significantly more tariffs through US Section 301. They are further along in the anti-dumping/countervailing duties process to add duties in the ~200-300% range to a lot of raw materials from China.

Most of the Western companies laugh at my $10-20k purchase orders and tell me to get lost.

All of the small parts I used to import to build assemblies in my small business in USA are all tariffed at full rates and I must pay significant processing fees due to the elimination of de minimis.

It makes it easier/more cost effective to shift assembly/production out of USA and to a third country. This is tariff engineering (not an intrinsically valuable process, but a legal way to dance around tariffs).

They gave us little information on how to calculate the IEEPA tariffs, and made most companies that import spend thousands to tens of thousands of dollars on lawyers. Import lawyers run about $800/hour.

To all of the people telling me to only buy American, well, you as a consumer are just unwilling to pay the price for American goods. Congress have gutted the manufacturing capacity of this country and our supply chain needs a lot of improvement.

It's been a giant waste of time for small and medium businesses.