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I don’t think that’s a good example, because for common order configurations Aisler located inside the EU is actually cheaper than JLCPCB or PCBWay.

Or was it your intention to point out that when Chinese companies follow all the rules, their price advantage mostly vanishes?

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> Or was it your intention to point out that when Chinese companies follow all the rules, their price advantage mostly vanishes?

The opposite. When they follow all the rules their products are still 10x cheaper and end up sold here either directly through Amazon or perhaps just branded as a well-known European brand (especially for small appliances, many, many products are sourced from white label chinese suppliers). So effectively you end up paying 10x more just for the branding and middlemen.

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