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📢 文末扫码进裙,免费领取双语精读讲义 Shein and Temu are in Donald Trump’s cross-hairs An end to the de minimis exemption will hurt Chinese e-commerce firms—and enrage American consumers The Economist Business Feb 6th 2025 | 587 words | ★★★★☆ For American consumers, online shopping has just got dearer. On February 1st Donald Trump did away with a decades-old provision, known as the de minimis waiver, that exempted goods under a certain value (lately $800) from customs duties. With the same stroke he raised tariffs on Chinese goods by 10%. Then on February 5th the United States Postal Service announced that it had temporarily suspended inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, before abruptly reversing, causing all manner of confusion. Millions of packages arrive in America from China every day. Mr Trump’s new trade barriers will be a blow not only to American consumers, but also to the e-commerce companies that have cashed in on the de minimis exem
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