Nevertheless, in some scenarios, sales tax can indeed cascade and be charged multiple times during the manufacturing process, so even if it's not charged at the final step, there's still a component of it in the final price to the buyer.
This is not a hidden tariff by other countries against US products. Other countries have no control over this. The US government simply sucks at taxation because it has not transitioned to VAT, and products cost more to manufacture than they would have under a better tax system.
Trump shaking more money out of US consumers with new taxes on imported products does nothing to fix the issue. As the article points out, domestically produced and consumed products suffer from the same problem.
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-US-not-have-a-VAT-or-nati...