Trade showdown

By rerouting goods, companies can avoid tariffs

Erika Beras Jun 26, 2019
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Shipping containers from China and other nations are unloaded at the Port of Long Beach in California in February. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
Trade showdown

By rerouting goods, companies can avoid tariffs

Erika Beras Jun 26, 2019
Shipping containers from China and other nations are unloaded at the Port of Long Beach in California in February. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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The trade war between the United States and China has had so much of an impact on companies that many of them have successfully found ways to avoid paying tariffs.

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