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Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
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#32It's like the right is doing everything they can to make the country be pissed off at them. Do they understand we still have the power to vote?
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
Why stop the packages though? Just make the shipper declare a value and let the receiver pay the tariff if they want their package.
My guess is customs isn't prepared to inspect that volume of packages and would need to up their infrastructure to handle it.
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The stated purpose of the tariffs is to stop the flow of fentanyl into the US (which kills over 70k Americans a year). If the economic hurt this causes to China is enough to drastically reduce the flow of fentanyl into the US then I suppose it will have accomplished its mission
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
Why stop the packages though? Just make the shipper declare a value and let the receiver pay the tariff if they want their package.
Trump and Elon apparently don't know how to do anything without first blowing it up.
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The stated purpose of the tariffs is to stop the flow of fentanyl into the US (which kills over 70k Americans a year). If the economic hurt this causes to China is enough to drastically reduce the flow of fentanyl into the US then I suppose it will have accomplished its mission
This is a genuine question because I don't know, how do tariffs stop illegal drugs from coming in?
Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
#38Any idea why?? Presumably the tariff/trade debate?
Probably attempting to correct the shipping imbalance. Shipping china to US is much cheaper than shipping US to china. My understanding is that a large part of that is due to china not needing to pay full local delivery(USPS) fees. Something with how international mail is governed.
I think it is this but I don't have access. https://www.upu.int/en/Postal-Solutions/Programmes-Services/...
And I found this article which is probably relevant(2019). https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/upu-postal-rate-change/...
update with an actual current article: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/trump-tariff-de-minimis...
Re: Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
#39Bad for consumers, but seems like a very good thing for AMZN? Amazon won't have to compete against the much cheaper Temu, Aliexpress, Shein(?) etc.
The same amazon that happily ships from the US TO Hong Kong free of charge (above USD49) with SF Express (a Chinese company). Funny how that goes.
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#40So if you're worried about packages coming from AliExpress, you probably shouldn't be. The last several packages I ordered were shipped USPS with an origin of the US. Los Angeles was the origin of the last one I received with AliExpress Choice(tm).
It may affect ebay purchases of electronic parts from Shenzhen though. Particulary if the vendors use the Chinese post office.
I also ordered a Keychron keyboard last weekend and it's being shipped from Shenzhen via DHL.