‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate

U.S. imports from China have shrunk drastically. But billions of dollars of the change appear to be the result of accounting gimmicks and outright fraud. [Source]

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: International Trade and World Market

Topics: fraud, outright, gimmicks, accounting, result, appear, change, dollars, billions, drastically, shrunk, China, imports, Proliferate, Tricks, Accounting, Fraud, Trade, Climb, Tariffs, Sham’, ‘Definitely

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/tariffs-trade-import-fraud.html