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In a report released Thursday, the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy accused dozens of countries of being part of China\u2019s \u201c,\u201d sorting them \u201caccording to the scale of China-linked trade, the depth of their economic integration with China, and the weak-link advantages that make them susceptible to rerouting activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The values of these goods, described as flowing through third countries to evade levies on imports and other trade remedies, are based on analysis from two government and three private-sector sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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AI supply chain firm Exiger provided a mid-range estimate of $75 billion in illegally transshipped goods between February 2025 and February 2026, which corresponds a loss of tariff revenue between $19 billion and $34 billion.<\/p>\n

More than 40 countries are associated with elevated illegal transshipment risk, the report from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro\u2019s office said, and \u201cChina\u2019s biggest enablers range from Mexico and Canada on US land borders to the European Union, India, Japan, and South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is basically a warning to the world \u2014 don\u2019t try to cheat America,\u201d Navarro told Bloomberg Television on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In addition to China preserving access to the US market counter to US trade policy, \u201cthe spoils of illegal transshipment also enrich the transshipping countries themselves,\u201d the report said. \u201cLocal firms capture assembly fees, warehousing revenue, logistics margins, port charges, customs brokerage income, land rents, and export-processing-zone investment. Governments benefit from jobs, tax receipts, foreign investment, and trade growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Other named countries include Indonesia, Thailand and Brazil and Malaysia. Still others are noted for comparative advantages that can be exploited, like the cost of labor, strategic port access, lax customs enforcement or free trade zones.<\/p>\n

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The trend isn\u2019t new. When President Donald Trump imposed high tariffs on exports from China in his first term, many businesses responded by diversifying their supply chains, moving some manufacturing outside of China when possible. This so-called China +1 strategy spurred big investments in Vietnam, Cambodia and other countries, often by Chinese-owned factories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Upon returning to office, Trump unleashed a wave of country-specific duties with some of the highest rates aimed at US allies and major trading partners. Tens of billions of dollars in tariffs have hit compliant importers especially hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The White House\u2019s report acknowledges these \u201ctariff differentials\u201d can increase the incentive to illegally transship, but said tools designed to \u201cdetect, deter and prevent\u201d tariff evasion are being deployed. Those tools include an AI-powered \u201cdetective border\u201d that will scan shipment data against routing histories, confirm production capacity and ownership relationships and even analyze packaging patterns and X-ray imaging at ports to detect mismatches between what\u2019s declared and what\u2019s actually in a container.<\/p>\n

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US trade enforcement authorities have for decades focused limited resources on cases with the biggest payout potential. Such cases are complex and often take years to build, meaning illicit goods often continue flowing into the US market at below fair-market prices, undermining US commerce.<\/p>\n

Illegal transshipment can be notoriously hard to detect and determining country of origin is complex, especially when imports are made from components manufactured in multiple countries. It\u2019s unclear how much of the supply chain shift outlined in the report reflects illicit activity rather than legitimate changes to global production and trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEffective enforcement therefore requires distinguishing legitimate manufacturing and substantial transformation from pass-through trade and origin shifting,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

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