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illustriousbear

Perhaps this is linked to the China and US trade war?

Maybe US customs have been instructed to be harsher on Chinese company imports?

Not saying it is necessarily unethical considering that China is no doubt doing similar.

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I'd be more tempted to apply Hanlon's razor: Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.

Thats fair, it just crossed my mind as a possibility given the current climate.

Also sometimes stupidity and malice amplify each other.

True, I see your point. It seems that anything is open for weaponisation these days and previous frameworks for making assumptions have been shown to be invalid.

How is it malice for CBP to attempt to do the exact job it was created to do? It's job is to block counterfeit imports, and China is a huge state-approved growing source.

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