Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lazarou</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> are <em>always at the point of import</em> - never <em>at the point of export</em>!</p><ul><li>Cuz that's how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customs</span></a> works and also why should any manufacturer/exporter/shipping company/nation care about what the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> likes or not?</li></ul><p>Like for real, if I were <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> I'd rather give <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> the finger than let him decide what products to export at which cost and to whom.</p><ul><li>The fact that any nation outside the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> even considers following <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITAR</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USML</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OFAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFAC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> at all is more a testament to how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-centric certain industries like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> are than to the importance of the USA globally.</li></ul><p>We can see that play out with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShadowFleet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShadowFleet</span></a> that subverts the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PriceCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceCap</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oil</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> because the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> was <em>too cowardly</em> to enact a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TotalEmbargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotalEmbargo</span></a> against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> & his regime!</p>