Trump’s China Trade Crackdown Sparks Shipping Chaos, Price Hikes
Parcels at a distribution center in Los Angeles.
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Logistics firms are scrambling to adjust to President Donald Trump’s new rules that threaten to upend their booming business delivering small parcels from Chinese sellers to American buyers.
His decision to revoke a “de minimis” rule for China, effectively closing a loophole that allowed small packages under $800 to enter the US duty-free, took effect just after midnight Tuesday Washington time, affecting the billions in goods sold by retailers like Shein and Temu.