After Trump-Dekret
US post does not accept any parcels from China “until further notice”
After Trump’s customs surcharges on imports from China, the US post has announced, at least temporarily, no more packages from the Asian country.
In the middle of the new trade conflict between Washington and Beijing, the US post does not want to let any parcels from China and Hong Kong into the country. The acceptance of packages from China and Hong Kong will be “temporarily” suspended, the US Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday.
The stop applies until further, letter dispositions are not affected. On request, the post office initially did not provide any information on the reasons for the suspension.
According to US President Donald Trump’s decree, the announcement will be made to raise customs surcharges of ten percent on imports from China from Tuesday and at the same time to abolish a customs exemption for packages of low value.
Trump had arranged tariffs on products from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday. Customs of up to 25 percent should be charged on Mexican and Canadian goods. With the neighboring countries Mexico and Canada, however, Trump has now reached a preliminary agreement.
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A probable cause could be that US President Donald Trump also lifted the general exception for packages with a goods value below $ 800 when the additional tariffs of ten percent for goods from China. Thanks to this so-called de-minimis control, Chinese online retailers such as Temu and Shein have previously delivered articles to the USA. Now these packages would also have to go through customs.
China subsequently imposed against tariffs and announced a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
On Tuesday, Trump said he was “not in a hurry” to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. On Monday, he still said that talks with Chinese managers would “probably take place within the next 24 hours”.
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