Trump ends small package tariff exemption while waiving customs rules

What’s Working: Colorado’s imports and exports to China continue to drop in 2025

Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China’s Guangdong province on April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) Tamara Chuang Business/Technology Reporter Quick links: Value of Colorado’s trade | Local companies cite tariff impact | Job openings up | Take the reader poll | Denver restaurant numbers flat | Charter’s stock work perk | Security strike averted What should you mak…

Trump’s tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce

The economic fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda hasn’t yet taken a toll on most American consumers. That changes on Friday. Trump’s decision to eliminate a special exemption that allows products from mainland China and Hong Kong under $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free, part of his trade offensive against Beijing, are hitting the ever-growing market of online shoppers. Starting Friday, Americans will see the cost of the pre…

Trump ends China low-value package tariff exemption

The Trump administration ended US duty-free access for low-value shipments from China and Hong Kong on Friday, removing the "de minimis" exemptions availed of by Shein, Temu and other e-commerce firms as well as traffickers of fentanyl and other illicit goods. The action restores an executive order from President Donald Trump in February that was quickly suspended due to a lack of screening procedures for sub-$800 shipments that sparked chaos at…

President Trump Closes Tariff Loophole That Let China Flood the U.S. With Knockoff Drugs and Other Goods - 🔔 The Liberty Daily

(DCNF)—The Trump administration has officially closed a tariff loophole which China had long exploited to flood the U.S. with cheap goods and increasingly, deadly drugs. President Donald Trump’s April 2 executive order ended the de minimis loophole effective Friday. The loophole had allowed imports under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free and with little to no customs scrutiny, according to a White House fact sheet. In 2022, over 80% of all U.S. i…

Trump moves to tax parcels; some retailers give up on US

LONDON—As the United States ends a tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to US customers while others are seeking temporary workarounds in the hope the tariff rate may be reduced. The removal of “de minimis”—duty-free treatment of e-commerce packages worth less than $800—for products originating from China and Hong […]...Keep on reading: Trump moves to tax parcels; some retailers give up on US

Cutting China and WHO down to size starts with U.S. vape reform

Amid the ongoing tariff war between President Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping, another critical front is emerging -- one with serious implications for more than 20 million American adults: the battle to lead in the manufacturing of toba...