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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Very interesting read! I always thought China's gov't just eats those shipping costs to subsidize exports. Turns out, we are! Since Canada Post is obliged to pay for the Chinese parcels delivered within Canada and Canada Post likes to keep its finances from going into the red, it's has to recoup the costs where it can. Such as its domestic shipping rates. Essentially buying something shipped from Canada subsidizes the item shipped from China. That's a nice deal for some of the participants.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better tl;dr than the bot. They should automate you!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

AaaS (Amoeba as a Service)