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Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
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Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
#12Wouldn’t this be due to the Lunar New Year, a massive holiday that shuts down wide swaths of the country? UPS has a bunch of Asia delays right now too. https://www.ups.com/cn/en/service-alerts.page
It says until further notice. So unlikely to be Lunar New Year since it just ended today.
My Chinese wife says it goes on another week despite what Google calendar says (also it's not called Lunar New Year evidently)
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#13Any idea why?? Presumably the tariff/trade debate?
Surely the tariff/trade debate. The question is which side pulled this particular trigger? Yes, it could be Trump. But it could also be Xi, seeing that Trump just got cold feet vs. Mexico and thinking he could get ahead of things and force a concession.
Folks, this is why you don't engage in brinksmanship at this scale. It gets out of hand really quickly. I await the coming economic crisis (I mean, the stock market was already primed for a correction) with resigned exasperation.
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#14Well the page is gone
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#15How’s it work in the US these days with AliExpress (and I guess Temu) last-mile delivery? In Toronto, most of those items are coming to me by private courier (and this pre-dates the Canada Post strike).
That’s an interesting point, I just got some keycaps on Taobao and they were shipped all the way to Chicago with CAINIAO and then handed off directly to UPS.
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#16Well the page is gone
It's working fine for me :
Suspension of Inbound Parcels from China and Hong Kong INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SUSPENSION NOTICE – effective Feb. 4, 2025
Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Note the flow of letters and flats from China and Hong Kong will not be impacted.
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#17Any idea why?? Presumably the tariff/trade debate?
Surely the tariff/trade debate. The question is which side pulled this particular trigger? Yes, it could be Trump. But it could also be Xi, seeing that Trump just got cold feet vs. Mexico and thinking he could get ahead of things and force a concession. Folks, this is why you don't engage in brinksmanship at this scale. It gets out of hand really quickly. I await the coming economic crisis (I mean, the stock market w…
If it was China pulling the trigger, USPS wouldn't say "we are suspending acceptance of inbound parcels". It's pretty clear this is a US action.
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#18Any idea why?? Presumably the tariff/trade debate?
The orders against China, Canada and Mexico all halt a trade exemption, known as “de minimis,” which allows exporters to ship packages worth less than $800 into the U.S. duty free, arguing it has helped Chinese e-commerce companies undercut competitors with lower prices.
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#19Any idea why?? Presumably the tariff/trade debate?
They are trying to close the de minimis exception which is a, "100-year-old tariff loophole that Trump wants to close."
https://www.theverge.com/news/605483/shein-temu-amazon-trump...
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely the tariff/trade debate. The question is which side pulled this particular trigger? Yes, it could be Trump. But it could also be Xi, seeing that Trump just got cold feet vs. Mexico and thinking he could get ahead of things and force a concession. Folks, this is why you don't engage in brinksmanship at this scale. It gets out of hand really quickly. I await the coming economic crisis (I mean, the stock market w…
If it was China pulling the trigger, USPS wouldn't say "we are suspending acceptance of inbound parcels". It's pretty clear this is a US action.
Don't underestimate the pettiness of this administration.