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Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by likeabatterycar »

dtquad wrote: post #120
reaperman wrote: post #72

This is going to utterly fuck so many R&D projects at my company. We actually do large-scale manufacturing of industrial valves in the USA. But a lot of our prototyping involves working with Chinese suppliers and getting small batches of samples / prototypes / revisions sent in packages on airplanes. I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages…

>I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages from China As a software engineer who works closely with electrical and firmware engineers I know what you are saying is completely true. The question is how did we let it go this far? Why has there never been serious Western alternatives to JLCPCB, PCBWay, JLCCNC etc.? Has anyone asked themselves h…

> Why has there never been serious Western alternatives to JLCPCB, PCBWay, JLCCNC etc.?

Because the West has to actually follow environmental and safety regulations. As opposed to write them down on paper and wipe your ass with it when the West isn't looking.

Evidence: I watched a tour video from one of these Chinese PCB houses and some of the workers were wearing surgical masks.

Not for COVID mind you, for presiding over open vats of boiling poison that would need a chemical respirator in any responsible country.

Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by Scoundreller »

Stealthisbook wrote: post #106
reaperman wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why stop the packages though? Just make the shipper declare a value and let the receiver pay the tariff if they want their package.

The sticking point isn't the value of the tax, it's having to individually generate the paperwork for each shipment.

Customs could just… not.

It’s at their discretion, just like someone bringing in more than their exemption of beer and deciding not not to charge duty.

Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by ggm »

seo-speedwagon wrote: post #177
ggm wrote: post #160

Anyone got a non-intuited, horses-mouth reason why? I suspect (ie, intuit) that its actually an attack on the USPS, not on China. The party of government doesn't like the post office, and this is to teach us not to like the post office either. I guess if they stopped using electric cars, they might like the post office again.

Getting rid of de minimus exemptions made it impossible to assess duty on the volume of packages coming in. So they just won’t accept packages at all.

And forgo the revenue? Or, do the other carriers do a better job of meeting the imposts?

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Post by anigbrowl »

dtquad wrote: post #120
reaperman wrote: post #72

This is going to utterly fuck so many R&D projects at my company. We actually do large-scale manufacturing of industrial valves in the USA. But a lot of our prototyping involves working with Chinese suppliers and getting small batches of samples / prototypes / revisions sent in packages on airplanes. I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages…

>I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages from China As a software engineer who works closely with electrical and firmware engineers I know what you are saying is completely true. The question is how did we let it go this far? Why has there never been serious Western alternatives to JLCPCB, PCBWay, JLCCNC etc.? Has anyone asked themselves h…

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Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by userbinator »

bb88 wrote: post #40

So if you're worried about packages coming from AliExpress, you probably shouldn't be. The last several packages I ordered were shipped USPS with an origin of the US. Los Angeles was the origin of the last one I received with AliExpress Choice(tm). It may affect ebay purchases of electronic parts from Shenzhen though. Particulary if the vendors use the Chinese post office. I also ordered a Keychron keyboard last week…

I don't remember seeing Ali ship directly from China either, and they were doing that long before this, I suspect due to cost reasons.

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Post by khelavastr »

reaperman wrote: post #72

This is going to utterly fuck so many R&D projects at my company. We actually do large-scale manufacturing of industrial valves in the USA. But a lot of our prototyping involves working with Chinese suppliers and getting small batches of samples / prototypes / revisions sent in packages on airplanes. I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages…

Surely they can use DHL/UPS, right?

Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by anigbrowl »

nico wrote: post #93

The speed at which all of this is happening is astounding Is this all improvised or was there a big list of stuff to do ahead of time? If the latter, does anyone have a copy of that list? Alternatively, is anyone keeping track of what's already been done so far?

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FUL...

EDIT: you downvoted me for giving the other poster a primary source document from the original publisher, with no commentary? What are you mad about?

Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

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Post by mindslight »

jschveibinz wrote: post #184

Fentanyl is the likely reason behind this order: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO24/20230517/115956/HHRG... USPS is the preferred carrier for illicit drug distribution.

Really? I would think these orders are due to some combination of cocaine, Viagra, and Ambien.
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