Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs: A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.

https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch

by Hafiz_TNR

23 comments

  1. > On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system for American ships to use to have their freight exempted from tariffs isn’t working, and “the issue is being reviewed.” As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being.

  4. Signup for this one-time tariff discount code! Get an extra 50% off if you agree to receive text messages with Trump’s face on them.

  6. But the President said it so it should happen automatically, right?

  7. But the other country pays it – like a tax. So just have the IRS collect. /s

  10. Hey its just like every other progressive move; we want to go electric but too bad the grid is outdated and we couldn’t update it because we didn’t invest in infrastructure. We are going to to dominate in AI but can’t build data centers because of costs and resourcing. Hey we will compete in the world stage but not invest in education or make it so expensive its counter productive and then wonder why we are falling behind. 😜

  11. Ships on the water before Apr 5 are exempt from the tariffs. Seems to be a lack of understanding from the articles author

  15. Trump boasts that he’s pulling in $2 billion dollars a day because of his trade wars and will probably pull in $7 trillion.
    I’m not sure if he’s promisingly $7 trillion a day, a week, a month or maybe a year. Maybe when Trump finishes his fifth term in office. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

  16. DOGE fired the one dude that knew how it all worked.

  19. So you’re telling me they got rid of the so-called “DEI hires” and now everything is turning to shit because they replaced them with incompetent sycophants????

    Who could have seen this coming!

  20. Hiccup, is that a like a glitch in the stock market? Loser Chump has never managed a business.

  22. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – Foreign Affairs (B+): [China Has Already Remade the International System: How the World Adopted Beijing’s Economic Playbook](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/economics-china-international-system-tariffs-michael-froman)
    – Independent (C+): [The great tariff disaster burnishes Donald Trump’s credentials as Pantomime Villain-in-Chief](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-tariffs-stock-market-trade-war-b2730830.html)
    – BBC Online (A-): [Trump tariffs live updates: China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war ramps up](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn4jjw30d5qt)
    – ABC (B): [ As Trump and China refuse to blink on tariffs, the biggest consumer splurge in history is over](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/trump-china-and-the-possibility-of-tariff-trade-war/105155856)

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  23. Damn. I never even got to try out Temu. I order from Walmart and Amazon once in a blue moon so I suppose those little odds and ends I order will dry up.

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