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February 23, 2008
One Shameful Result of Our Tariff System
Last year Cambodia, a country with a per capita income of less than $36 a month, paid about $419 million in tariff penalties on goods imported to the U.S. Cambodia paid more in tariffs than Great Britain, which paid $412 million.
Cambodia's tariffs to the U.S. amount to $30 annually for every man, woman, and child in the country. That's shameful.
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