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Originally Posted by Taf
The days of bargains from the likes of AliExpress and Temu are apparently numbered.
The EU (and UK) have been under a lot of pressure by people like High St shops to "level the playing field" and apply excise duties (Tariffs for Trump) and VAT to imports from places like China via those sites.
Temu announced that a warehouse will open in the UK first, with all goods taxed at the local rate before they go on sale here, and dispatched direct from that warehouse after Customs approval.
That will, of course, mean an end to the magical free post and packing.
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David Beckham being the gift he is isn't as powerful as he may think. By marketing for AliExpress he sought to end counterfeit goods of his own name at the very least but going after the act as a whole. I can tell you AliExpress sellers don't care. They still mark down items. I don't believe the trade is gone. There is and always will be a market for no branded goods.
Israel don't pay AliExpress taxes.