President Donald Trump has ended the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed Temu, Shein, and other online retailers to send packages from China to the US valued under $800 duty-free. www.wired.com/story/tariff... - ThreadSky

wired.com • 29 days ago

President Donald Trump has ended the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed Temu, Shein, and other online retailers to send packages from China to the US valued under $800 duty-free. https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-temu-shein-trump-de-minimis/

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truthpurposesystem.bsky.social•29 days ago

Ugh my little treats ... (Me making flippant jokes about something bad)

giginorth2020.bsky.social•29 days ago

Because he wants to be sure everyday Americans are paying the trump tariff tax on every single thing they buy

cowgirlinthesand.bsky.social•29 days ago

Yep, because us poor working folk don’t matter. Everything he does makes life easier for him and his billionaires, harder for everyone else.

viision.bsky.social•29 days ago

AKA: Get fucked consumers

juantannedemo-bae.bsky.social•29 days ago

Welp, there goes Ebay.

hellritual.bsky.social•29 days ago

there goes a lot of things. supply chains kind of rely on international trade.

juantannedemo-bae.bsky.social•29 days ago

Yep, that too. It's all fucked and we will sit and just watch it all slide.

mikefreafitz.bsky.social•29 days ago

I’m not gonna lie, this is probably good for the environment

davidwhitewood.bsky.social•29 days ago

Wish they did it in the UK to stop the endless Chinese junk being fast fashion, cheap tools and gadgets that is not fit for purpose.

kalkanswimmer.bsky.social•29 days ago

Was just thinking yesterday the landfills will grow just a little slower.

shinybluethings.bsky.social•28 days ago

In the same way that COVID was?

paalao.bsky.social•28 days ago

Americans have been taught by their politicians and media that China is bad and America is good and most Americans believe it is so.

This YouTuber have lately had lot`s of interviewees with foreigners living in China. Look and see your perspective might change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VjYYOubUKA&ab_channel=MaxChernov

onebluecat.bsky.social•29 days ago

Trump must be sucking so many dicks. :>

boardwalking.bsky.social•29 days ago

Didn’t China already say days ago they’re quitting sending small value packages to the US. !!Because the 🍊 turd had blinked, like usual.

burnst.bsky.social•28 days ago

I believe it was specifically Hong Kong which is no longer sending small value packages

boardwalking.bsky.social•28 days ago

I think you are right. I stand corrected. Still, it’s China.

t-artangnan.bsky.social•28 days ago

His first move I appreciate

javajunkymonkey.bsky.social•29 days ago

But maga said the OTHER countries pay the tariffs. 🤣
Damn dumb fucks are going to get bitch slapped around. Well-deserved.

xiangul.bsky.social•29 days ago

I just asked myself, who the fuck should check all that packages? Expect chaos. Delay is an euphemism now.

michaelb1397.bsky.social•29 days ago

I have this suspicion that this whole thing is to get us BACK to buying the same cheap items from China, just at Amazon/Walmart markups. Does that seem like a gov't sponsored monopoly to anyone else? Maybe that's why those companies donated bigly to his campaign?

yucateco.sextape.mov•29 days ago

people already shop at amazon and walmart in absolute drives and their products are going to be hit by tariffs hard. 140% tariffs or whatever isn’t something you do to a country you want to continue to trade with

infoshaman.bsky.social•29 days ago

Imagine being hired for Customs work & finding no office, computers, rules & regs, etc. Also, no budget to cover their pay and an employer who could eliminate their job on any given day

bchristyb.bsky.social•29 days ago

CBP is not staffed for this. They had weeks to prepare … weeks for a federal agency to staff up hahaha!

angryredone.bsky.social•29 days ago

A federal hiring freeze will do that to you. Plus no one with a shred of a soul/empathy is going to willingly apply to CBP.

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