New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- WASHINGTON - Chinese-made goods are routing through more than 40 countries under fraudulent origin labels to avoid Trump's tariffs, the White House said Thursday, naming South Korea, India, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and dozens of other trading partners as participants in a scheme it called the "Great Transshipment Scam." By the administration's own estimate, the arrangement is draining between $19 billion and $26 billion from the federal government annually.

route goods through a third country, obtain a new certificate of origin, and ship to the United States at a far lower rate. The total value of goods moving through this channel, the report estimates, runs from $40 billion to as much as $303 billion per year, with t...