On the one hand, I dislike tariffs*. On the other hand, I don’t like how the gaming and independent fiction industries talked themselves into using products and services from the People’s Republic of China, despite the fact that the PRC’s supply chain is corrupt and unreliable at best, uses wink-and-a-nudge slave labor at worst, is run by people who are ideologically opposed to several core principles of Western society, and is about as ecologically friendly as a guy spraying out chlorofluorocarbons from his extra-leaded gasoline-powered mobile throne while directing a Soviet-era hydroelectric project.
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25% Tariff proposed on Chinese RPG/gaming pieces. Also: is that stuff coming out of a concentration camp? Could you confirm that ‘No,’ please?
This is grey zone at best, I know. Sorry. – ML
So. They’re talking about a potential 25% tariff on Chinese goods used in the RPG and board game industry. Tabletopwire:
Continue reading 25% Tariff proposed on Chinese RPG/gaming pieces. Also: is that stuff coming out of a concentration camp? Could you confirm that ‘No,’ please?Board games and dice are included under the subheading: 9504.90.60. “Chess, checkers, backgammon, darts and o/table and parlor games played on boards of a special design and parts thereof; poker chips and dice.”
Toys are under 9503.00.00. “Toys, including riding toys o/than bicycles, puzzles, reduced scale models.”
My RedState post on import tariffs.
Found here. Short version: they’re bad. Longer version: much like the shorter version, but I tried to not make everything over-complicated.