{"id":2644351,"date":"2026-08-13T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-identifies-countries-evading-billions-in-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:50:38","slug":"white-house-identifies-countries-evading-billions-in-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-identifies-countries-evading-billions-in-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"White House identifies countries evading billions in tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-identifies-countries-evading-billions-in-tariffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House is actively working to address countries that exploit loopholes to evade paying tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, notably targeting China, India, and Mexico. Senior White House counselor Peter Navarro highlighted a crackdown on transshipping practices, where goods are moved through intermediate countries to dodge tariffs-estimated to involve up to $75 billion worth of goods annually. This method allows countries to avoid higher tariffs by falsely claiming an intermediate origin, undermining U.S.tariffs and revenue. The initiative involves deploying AI-enabled border protections to verify the true origin of shipments,ensuring higher tariffs are applied when necessary.officially, the effort aims to discourage dishonest trade practices, protect American industries and workers, and recover billions in lost revenue. The governance emphasizes that transshipping is a intentional act to undermine U.S. tariffs and advocates for stronger enforcement to benefit national economic interests. The pilot program for advanced border inspection is expected to expand nationwide by the end of the year, with the potential to significantly increase tariff collections and strengthen America\u2019s manufacturing and defense sectors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"125\">White House<\/a> is working to crack down on countries using loopholes to evade paying President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> tariffs, including China, India, and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peter-navarro\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3717\">Peter Navarro<\/a>, the senior White House counselor for trade and manufacturing, briefed reporters on the initiative Thursday morning. As part of the crackdown, the Council of Economic Advisers partnered with the Commerce Department and Goldman Sachs on a report identifying which trading partners are evading <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"584\">tariffs<\/a> by transshipping, a tactic that involves moving cargo to an intermediate destination before reaching the United States. By transshipping, countries can escape paying higher tariffs by claiming the intermediate destination as the point of origin for determining how much is paid.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4685981\/white-house-crackdown-tariff-evasion-transshipping-loophole\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House identifies countries evading billions in tariffs through transshipping<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4685284\/trump-obama-endorsement-candidate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump vs. Obama endorsements: How party leaders pick their candidates<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4685362\/here-is-who-could-replace-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Here\u2019s who could replace White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report, foreign countries are transshipping as much as $75 billion in goods to the U.S. each year to evade tariffs. Navarro claimed that the total worth of transhipped goods \u201cironically\u201d matched the \u201centire\u201d budgets of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Agriculture, Space Force, or half of the annual U.S. Army budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump previously signed an executive order directing CBP to develop an \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1658\">artificial intelligence<\/a>-enabled protective border\u201d to ascertain the specific points of origin of incoming goods. The president\u2019s tariffs are also not limited to completed goods and cover components and certain materials, according to the administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration is specifically pointing to China, Mexico, and India as the top transhippers, and Vietnam as a top enabler of the practice. Officials say, however, the crackdown is geared toward discouraging \u201ccheating\u201d by all U.S. trade partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we connect the product to the factory, the factory to its owners, and the paperwork to the physical facts, tariff laundering becomes a much more dangerous business,\u201d Navarro stated. \u201cPresident Trump promised to end this racket with tougher tariffs, a smarter border, and trade deals that punish their cheats. That is exactly what we were going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIllegal transshipment is not just a technical customs violation. It is a deliberate attempt to evade U.S. tariffs, undercut American workers and manufacturers, and deprive the American people of billions of dollars in revenue,\u201d added Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11700\">Scott Bessent<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump is carrying strong trade policy with strong enforcement to ensure that goods entering the United States pay the duties they owe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Navarro, if the AI protective border flags certain shipments, importers are required to verify the goods\u2019 origin country. If they cannot prove that goods or components originate from a country with a lower tariff rate, customs will collect the higher tariff rate associated with the true point of origin, as identified by AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, U.S. code allows CBP to then collect the higher tariff rate for all of an importer\u2019s shipments for the past year, not just the shipment in question.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4684819\/directly-responsible-progressives-blame-aoc-bernie-sanders-francesca-hong-wisconsin-loss\/\"><strong>\u2018DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE\u2019: PROGRESSIVES BLAME AOC AND BERNIE SANDERS FOR FRANCESCA HONG\u2019S WISCONSIN LOSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navarro said Thursday that customs is currently running a pilot program, which he expected to be scaled up to full operation by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a big one. There\u2019s literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of jobs at stake,\u201d he concluded, noting that CBP is expected to collect billions more in annual tariff revenues. \u201cOur defense and industrial base and manufacturing industrial base is at stake, and we\u2019re going to get a bunch more money for the American people, so we can pay for all the good things that government does.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House targets tariff evasion via transshipping practices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2644352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219785706321.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34402,38812,50406,32127],"class_list":["post-2644351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economic-policy","tag-international-trade","tag-tariffs-2","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219785706321.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644354,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644351\/revisions\/2644354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}