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US ends tariff exemption for small parcels; policy to burden local consumers, businesses: expert
Washington on Friday ended tariff exemptions for small packages and low-value items from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong sent to the US. A Chinese expert on Saturday said that the move violates WTO ...
De minimis exemption expires subjecting cheap Chinese items to high tariffs
Americans who buy from low-cost Chinese e-commerce sites are about to feel the pinch from President Donald Trump's tariffs as ...
Trump’s tariffs may make your Shein and Temu orders cost more. Here’s why.
The administration's elimination of the so-called “de minimis” loophole has implications for businesses ranging from Etsy ...
Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers
The online marketplace says it will move to a "local fulfillment model" in the US, with sales handled by locally based ...
Trump’s tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce.
Low-value packages from China will now be hit with a tariff. It'll hurt online shoppers who have been increasingly drawn to cheap goods.
Key loophole impacting Shein, Temu closes this week. But customers are already affected.
The "de minimis" trade loophole that allowed cheap packages to come to the U.S. duty-free is closing. Ecommerce customers are ...
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Trump ends Chinese tariff loophole, raising the cost of online goods
The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods ...
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US ends duty-free exemption for low-cost goods from China
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday ended a tariff exemption for goods shipped from China worth less than $800, dealing a major blow to popular e-commerce sites such as Shein and Temu, whose cheap ...
A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos
Its impending end has rung alarm bells across social media, with a baseline tariff as high as 145% depending on the carrier set to take effect on Chinese imports, potentially more than doubling the ...