U.S. Postal Service (USPS) vehicles are parked at a publish workplace on August 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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The U.S. Postal Service stated Wednesday it can resume accepting inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong, simply hours after it suspended service from these areas.
“The USPS and Customs and Border Safety are working intently collectively to implement an environment friendly assortment mechanism for the brand new China tariffs to make sure the least disruption to package deal supply,” the company wrote in a discover posted to its web site.
The USPS introduced late Tuesday it might cease accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts “till additional discover.”
The transfer got here after President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed an extra 10% tax on Chinese language items, as a part of sweeping new tariffs on the nation’s high three buying and selling companions. Trump on Monday agreed to carry off on imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days.
As a part of the tariffs, Trump additionally closed an almost century-old commerce loophole, known as “de minimis,” which permits exporters to ship packages price lower than $800 in to the U.S. duty-free. The suspension of de minimis is broadly anticipated to influence upstart Chinese language e-commerce firms Temu and Shein, which have relied on de minimis and grew in reputation within the U.S. as a consequence of their low-cost clothes, furnishings, and electronics shipped direct from China.
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