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Let’s take a look at a few of the rules regarding duties and declarations, and see what's up with the duty-free shop.

Ethan Trex




A mass of shipping containers at the port of Shenzen, China.

Tariffs are a means for one country to wrangle better trade terms with another country and to protect domestic manufacturing. Unfortunately, they don’t always deliver.

Tim Brinkhof