Transportation
UPS Is Making It Easier for Shoppers to See Added Cost of Tariffs
The tool will calculate the cost of tariffs and ultimately show online shoppers their final price, inclusive of duties.
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United Parcel Service Inc. is launching a new tool for online shoppers to automatically see the added cost of tariffs that are increasingly flummoxing international shippers.
The new service will calculate and guarantee the cost of any levies on products in a shopper’s online cart at checkout, UPS said on Wednesday. The product aims to address a longstanding problem of buyers being handed surprise charges from international duties when their parcel arrives, an issue that risks becoming more prevalent as President Donald Trump’s trade war escalates.