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trhway on May 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Norwegian butter crisis (2011)

what is wrong with smuggling? Especially with the kind of smuggling mentioned here? In that situation it was a very victimless crime and one can see how it was even beneficial to the public.

lmz on May 20, 2015 [–]

Smugglers don't pay import tariffs. From the article:

> Shortages persisted as a result of high import tariffs on butter to protect the domestic dairy industry against foreign competition

bmmayer1 on May 20, 2015 | [–]

Import tariffs are the crime, then, not the smuggling.

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