Trump's War On Chinese Small Parcels On Hold For Now

Trump's War On Chinese Small Parcels On Hold For Now

Perhaps falling under the radar during the tariff threats and counter threats that have marked President Trump’s first three weeks in office, has been the war he has been waging on small parcels originating from China. When the US imposed its 10% duty hike on Chinese products on February 1st, they also canceled the de minimis trade exemption, a rule that lets businesses import goods with a value of less than $800 duty-free. By doing this, Trump …

In this week's magazine, we'll look at the U.S. Postal Service's announcement that it would stop processing incoming packages from China and Hong Kong, then reversed course, and a poll showing Americans largely support President Trump's executive order to limit birthright citizenship, all in Hashtags. In Readers' Choice, we'll recap major news stories from the Korean Peninsula, and in Startup Korea, we'll look at the second story of Ceremony, an…