WASHINGTON—The White House released a report on Aug. 13 detailing what it called a “transshipment scam” involving communist China and more than 40 countries.
The report describes how goods are illegally routed through third countries to conceal their Chinese origin before being shipped to the United States.
The report, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam,” estimates the annual value of illegally transshipped goods at $40 billion to $303 billion, depending on the methodologies and definitions used by government and private-sector sources.
“For years the great transshipment scam has led communist China to launder its exports to more than 40 countries, rob our treasury of tens of billions of dollars, and steal the paychecks of American workers,” Peter Navarro, an assistant to President Donald Trump and senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, said during a call with reporters. …
China Behind ‘Great Transshipment Scam’ Costing Billions of Dollars, White House Says
