That $20 Dress Direct from China Now Costs $30 After Trump Closed a Tariff Loophole – and the US Will Soon End the ‘De Minimis’ Exemption for the Rest of the World, too

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That $20 Dress Direct from China Now Costs $30 After Trump Closed a Tariff Loophole – and the US Will Soon End the ‘De Minimis’ Exemption for the Rest of the World, too

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Yves here. Your truly is of two minds about the worked example in this post, of a cheap Shein dress from China and how Trump starting to close the de minimus loophole will affect that. Mind you, this piece only addresses the financial cost to consumers, and not the additional hassle,…

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