How Trump’s Closing a Tariff Loophole Will Hurt UPS and FedEx
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers. “Explosive” is how Carol Tomé, UPS’s…
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China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs
Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years. That trade has come to an abrupt stop. Mr. Liu owns a small factory in Guangzhou,…
Trump’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions
The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese…
How a U.S. Tax Loophole Supercharged China’s Exports
When Congress raised the threshold for imported goods to enter the United States tax-free to $800 from $200 nearly a decade ago, it threw open the door to the American consumer market.…
As a Tariff Loophole Closes, Sellers Who Import From China Brace for Chaos
Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs starting on Friday, when a decision by President Trump to shutter a shipping loophole he…
White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary,…
Are Shein and Temu Prices Going Up? What to Know as Trump Ends De Minimis Tariff Loophole
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Prices…