or increased), ocean shipping rates, and human rights in China. Everyone has different red lines (no joke meant here) about how they measure different moral, political, and financial factors. If tariffs rise tremendously on books, that will mean a huge shift in business to printers in the U.S. plus Canada and Europe (tariffs less likely on books for them). 2/
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Glenn Fleishman (glennf@twit.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 03:56:07 JST Glenn Fleishman Wearing my crowdfunding and printing consulting hat: If you were counting on printing a book or having other printed work done in China in 2025, note that while there is a 0% import tariff, it could easily be 25% to 100% in a few months with little warning. Obviously messes with budgets. I printed my last book and advised client @mwichary to print Shift Happens in North America partly due to uncertainly in tariffs, US/China relations under Biden (including tariffs, many of which remained 1/
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