Three ways companies are getting around tariffs

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  NPR. This is The Indicator for Planet Money.

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  I'm Adrian Ma.

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  And I'm Paddy Hirsch.

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  There's a phrase going around the business community right now that has The Indicator written all over it.

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  Tariff engineering.

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  God, I love it.

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  Good buzz term.

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  Yeah,

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  but the engineering we're talking about here is not the engineering that went into Trump's tariffs.

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  Tariff engineering is the way that companies get around these tariffs without breaking the law,

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  of course, that's key.

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  So on today's show, we'll learn the tricks of the tariff dodging trade.

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  We'll find out what's legal, what's not,

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  and we'll hear about the possible silver lining to President Trump's tariff regime.

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  Ooh, I do love a silver lining.

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  That's all coming up after the break.

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  Loyal indicator listeners will know this, but for any newcomers,

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  a reminder that President Trump's tariffs fall into roughly two parts.

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  Baseline tariffs,

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  or almost all goods from almost all countries anywhere on the surface of the globe,

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