The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> If we do a free trade deal with the USA then they cant charge duty, or a
> charge to collect the duty, or VAT on the charge to collect the duty
> canb they?
>
> Stuff comes in from china using the postal service and no one ever
> charges duty on it.
>
That's not entirely true, I buy a lot of stuff from China (on both
eBay and AliExpress).  Most of the time it's low value stuff (£5 or
less) and that comes straight in without customs/VAT etc. but larger
items usually *do* get charged VAT etc.  For example some brake disks
I bought from AliExpress had VAT charged on them, still well worth it
though.

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Chris Green
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