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Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of their China sales revenue to the US govt (bbc.com)
15 points by darth_avocado 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


I am not a lawyer but isn't this expressly forbidden by the Constitution in Article I, Section 9, Clause 5?

> No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.


It's a revenue tax on items exported from Taiwan to China by a US company. I don't think it counts as a US export at that point. Ignoring that it's illegal for the president to impose taxes at all.


Last I checked China is not a US state.


Sounds like a kickback




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