Exactly.

The question is if it has now become more efficient to collect the tariff than when de minimis was implemented. Does anyone know?

If not, this move is lose-lose no matter which way you look at it. Except, of course, if you're Trump since you get whatever is collected and l can add it to a total without mentioning that it cost a lot more to collect...

I notice the threshold for the USA is a lot higher than other countries...is the USA really so inefficient, comparatively?

You are what you think they are, and they are not what you think they are.

You're looking in the mirror mounted on a windmill.

China already has those, as a way to avoid the problem with their low birth rate. Still, they would be open to technology exchange...that's the usual thing for an advanced nation (China) to help with a developing nation (USA), right?

None of which China do...

The top leader is selected by a smaller group of people, not by plebs, just like in the UK, except, in the UK, the actual ability of the candidates are almost irrelevant, while, in China, they have risen to that point largely by merit.

The voting in China happens at the level where the elected person can, and does, make a big difference to the situation of the voter. It's a bit more like the council elections in the UK, but the election for an MP in the UK is almost useless, unless the MP happen to be in the winning party...otherwise, they can almost do nothing, except shout at those who are running things...with some usually useless representative voting on actual issues.

China's system is better.

So supporting Taiwanese independence then?

Odd that the mainland Chinese get success and significant improvements in every aspect of their lives, and have a very high approval rating for their government...but you cali them undemocratic. The people they vote for can actually make big differences to the regions they represent - not true in some "democracies", and they can rise through the government via merit.
Also, some "democracies" don't allow you to vote for the country's leader. Yeah, I'm talking about the UK, where you can vote to decide an mp, but whether that mp has much actual useful function (apart from shouting) depends on some arcane vote counting system.

Frankly, China does it better, and the results are VERY clear.

How is China a military that to the USA?

I always thought the tabs on those plugs was a stupid design. They either don't release or always get caught when trying to untangle them...eventually getting snapped off in the fight. Infuriating.

Whoever invented them should have had a good head slapping.

Unless they enforce it, it is a fee. The fine should be a deterrent - ie stop them from doing it. If it isn't having that effect, it should be higher, or they should take the ads down/spray them.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking of...I made a mistake.

Gulf of MEXICO!

That'd be my guess, although, like you, my first thought was elsewhere, specifically the Arabian Gulf.

There are several models that already do over 600 miles on a single charge, though how you measure it means ymmv.

  **NIO ET7 (1,000 km CLTC)** and **Zeekr 001 (1,032 km CLTC)** officially claim **600+ miles of range**, though real-world results may vary. The industry is rapidly advancing with **semi-solid-state and CATL Qilin batteries**, making **1,000 km (621 miles) the new benchmark** for premium Chinese EVs.

I wonder if that is only Google, or all Android phones. Iinm, this functionality is part of the Google proprietary stuff, so maybe not in all Android phones.

No. They do it with us military permission. It's the US military that is to blame.

With the permission of the US military, it seems.