A government doesn’t pay tarrifs (unless the government buys items that are under tarrifs)
A tarrif is a surcharge on a product, the cost will always end at the consumer.
In Denmark we have quite high tarrifs.
There is a system created in Europe, so that when you order something from Alixpress (and other companies that utillises this), the tarrifs are automatically added to the cost, and prepaid by aliexpress, so the end consumer sees the right price all along (with the correct tarrifs), and will not be burdened with the extra bureaucracy of paying taxes.
If a company outside Europe doesn’t use this tarrif system for the EU, the consumer will be charged a fee for handling (depending on the transporter the fee can be from $30 to $60) and then pay taxes before the item is released.
Interestingly, a lot of american goods will go up in prices (especially those with electronics) as american companies import a lot of stuff for their goods, and all those components will have tarrifs on them.
An example: an “American” Tesla will go way up in price because of the tarrifs, as Mush has moved the production of cars to Mexico.
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