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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by mcv on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:54AM (#23676320)
Not sure what tree you think I'm barking up. I do think the issue of local production and less transportation is an important issue; not everything is just about Amazon and Alibaba. But even if you just focus on those, Amazon at least has to obey local standards for the country in which they sell. Products from Aliexpress only obey Chinese standards, which are very different. And sometimes they ship with misleading logos which could suggest to European customers that they obey EU rules when they don't.
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by cptskippy on Monday June 29, 2020 @08:04AM (#23676764)
> Amazon at least has to obey local standards for the country in which they sell.

In theory. In practice resellers are free to dropship whatever they want from AliExpress to Amazon and sell at a markup.

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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by mcv on Monday June 29, 2020 @09:34AM (#23677403)
True. Amazon also clearly has a problem with counterfeit goods (as addressed on HN repeatedly in the past), and that's not sufficiently enforced. But at least it's possible to enforce. That's not to easy when the shop is outside your jurisdiction.
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by netcan on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:17AM (#23677810)
I'm still not seeing your point.

This is an article about postage. It's not about counterfeits or locally produced goods.

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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by cptskippy on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:56AM (#23678153)
Counterfeits are generally not locally produced and mostly come from China via the subsidized slow boat. The counterfeit industry exists on Amazon because the potential for profit is so high and the risk is almost non-existent.
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by mcv on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @03:06AM (#23687461)
This article is not just about postage. It's about how cheap postage from China has subsidized Chinese webshops selling cheap crap to Europe and the US.
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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by baybal2 on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:11PM (#23678916)
> Products from Aliexpress only obey Chinese standards,

Not necessarily... In cases something s not marketed for the domestic market, Chinese electrical (and many others) standards do not apply.

And it is not something given even if they were...

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