Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "s|b" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Note : Pi 2 Zero W Now RIP-OFF Price on Amazon Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:31:38 +0200 Organization: XXII Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <114v5c9$2spu9$10@dont-email.me> <114vsss$36oqc$4@dont-email.me> <11521fl$3rqu7$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net AjQ37K6PVuPkrWqLXefyGQQluUSUsrb0xmnknSflTku6qnlCSv Cancel-Lock: sha1:nty4+O6CSp7L1roVneZzbVnhXxs= sha256:s/Tk9WTtKnnjN/DMJLM5HPSiBRmjz4CriVg2vr9pd4A= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-No-Archive: yes X-Face: j0\WO?Dcjo^V#d7Q,H$9^8N{Z|fy50vxQkToel)jNR3hmCMV8kai(fMVJ:Yk}q?t<:xHu2D )?CJ[c|zu]%I!fKb7-4~$&Mx|GT=>ux^*,A:5Cdek,y4A(DSX=oXRv7-)/AcgHiWf Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89645 On Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:16:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 06/08/2026 13:34, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > On 2026-08-05 19:46, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > >> Well in a way it has. China has an (unspoken?) arrangement that as > >> long as VAT is paid - and Aliexpress does that - stuff get posted over > >> really cheap on massive shipments that get split up and reposted in > >> the destination country and there are no 'big beautiful tariffs' on it > >> at all. > > > > There is a new tariff on import of small Chinese items here. > So glad to be out of the EU and into the free trade area of 'the rest of > the world' In Belgium it's 3 euro per item. If you're buying 100 t-shirts, it's 3 euro. If you're buying 100 t-shirts and 50 phone cases, it's 3+3 euro. If you buy 1 t-shirt and 1 phone case, it's 3+3 euro. > Food from Africa, South America, components from China. White goods and > electronics from SE Asia... No tariffs? -- s|b