The Great Transshipment Scam in 10 Questions
What the White House says is happening — and how the system actually works.
A product is made in China.
Can it become “Made somewhere else” on the way to America?
That is the question behind a new White House report published on 13 August.
It has already sparked a much wider debate over tariffs, trade and country of origin.
The subject sounds complicated.
The basic idea is not.
So we stripped it down to 10 simple questions.
1. What is the “transshipment scam”?
Routing goods through another country and falsely claiming a new origin to pay a lower U.S. tariff.