THE TROJAN HORSE AT AMERICA'S GATES
This site exposes how over 1 million Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies are waging a 12-year economic war against the United States—using a “digital Trojan horse” to systematically evade tariffs and income taxes. Since Amazon launched its FBA service in 2012, these companies have infiltrated U.S. retail and service markets, hollowing out local businesses, dodging taxes, and flooding platforms with artificially cheap imports. This silent invasion has already cost over 3 million American service-sector jobs. We provide hard evidence, expose the mechanics of the fraud, and offer concrete policy solutions to defend America’s economic fairness and national sovereignty.
China's Cross-Border E-Commerce
The prologue introduces the concept of a “digital Trojan Horse,” where Chinese cross-border e-commerce sellers exploit U.S. regulatory loopholes to undermine American retail, displace jobs, and erode economic sovereignty, drawing parallels to systemic fraud like the 2008 Melamine Milk Scandal to highlight a cultural acceptance of deceptive practices in China.
How the U.S. Lost the First War—The Collapse of Manufacturing
This chapter details how U.S. manufacturing declined after China’s 2001 WTO entry, driven by America’s trade policy concessions, China’s state-backed industrial strategies like subsidies and IP theft, and the offshoring of factories, resulting in 3.6 million job losses and setting the stage for retail sector vulnerabilities.
How “Trojan-Horse” Cross-Border E-Commerce Is Wrecking U.S. Retail and Service-Sector Jobs
This Chapter explains how Chinese e-commerce sellers, using platforms like Amazon’s FBA, exploit low labor costs, fake reviews, and tax evasion tactics like “double clearance DDP” to dominate U.S. retail, leading to over 3 million job losses and the bankruptcy of major American retail chains between 2012 and 2024.
The Undercurrents of Collusion — How Platforms, Policy, Finance, and Logistics Were Hijacked
This chapter exposes how Amazon’s complicity, policy gaps like the lack of local entity requirements, and financial loopholes enable Chinese sellers to evade tariffs, with Beijing expanding cross-border e-commerce zones in 2025 to further exploit these vulnerabilities, hollowing out U.S. retail and tax revenues.
How Chinese Cross-Border E-Commerce Systematically Evades U.S. Tariffs — An Open-Secret “Dark Art”
Chapter 4 details the mechanics of tariff evasion through dual-invoice schemes, Non-Resident Importer (NRI) shells, and Amazon’s Manufacturer Duty Delivery Paid (MDDP) model, illustrating a systemic, industry-wide fraud that mirrors past collusions like the Melamine scandal and Europe’s VAT evasion.
Eight Enforcement Pillars: Closing the Loopholes in U.S. Tariff Evasion by Chinese E-Commerce
This chapter outlines eight powerful enforcement measures designed to stop widespread tariff evasion by Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies. Despite high post-2024 tariffs, many sellers still under-report product values, use fake importer entities, and exploit logistics networks tied to major platforms like Temu and Shein. These gaps have cost the U.S. billions in lost revenue. The goal is a tight enforcement system where no fraudster—platform, broker, or importer—can escape liability.
Lessons from the Global Counter-offensive—Blocking China’s Cross-Border Tax & Regulatory Loopholes
Chapter 6 examines global strategies from countries like India, Indonesia, and Mexico to counter Chinese e-commerce evasion, recommending U.S. adoption of measures like mandatory local registration, platform liability, and data synchronization to protect retail, jobs, and economic sovereignty.