News Summary

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has stopped accepting packages from Hong Kong and China, causing a disruption in the ecommerce industry. This decision follows China’s retaliatory tariffs on US imports in response to President Trump’s executive order imposing additional tariffs on China. The move particularly affects Canadian trucking companies, such as one based in Alberta, which now have to remove packages from China to cross the US border. The end of the de minimis rule, which waived import duties for small packages, has significant implications for Chinese ecommerce platforms like Temu and Shein. This rule change means these startups now face challenges in selling goods to US consumers without incurring import taxes. As a result, US Customs and Border Protection now scrutinizes millions of packages daily, impacting the operations of ecommerce startups.