Consumers and small businesses are already feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which eliminated a key trade exemption for parcels worth less than $800.
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The elimination of the $800 duty-free exemption is expected to hit Chinese low-cost shopping platforms like Shein and Temu the hardest, but many smaller ecommerce sellers have also felt the burn. Brands selling mechanical keyboards, underwear, and tea have all notified their customers of potential shipment pauses and price increases in response to the tariffs, according to screenshots shared on Reddit.
Yeah the funniest shit is literally 99% of businesses in the west can only exist because they can get their goods cheap from China, and because they can exploit cheap labour from desperate migrants
Yeah the funniest shit is literally 99% of businesses in the west can only exist because they can get their goods cheap from China, and because they can exploit cheap labour from desperate migrants
Guess I won’t be building a new deck for a while