• A new rule proposal from the Biden administration would prohibit products that are subject to U.S.-China tariffs from being eligible for a special customs exemption.

  • The de minimis loophole allows packages with a value of less than $800 to enter the United States with relatively little scrutiny.

  • Officials say a recent explosion in the number of de minimis shipments is due largely to Chinese-linked online retail giants like Shein and Temu.

  • Scott@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The difference is I don’t buy trash, I buy quality products that will actually last which doesn’t come in the form of free shit left and right.

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      1 month ago

      I have tested this by buying a brand product from Amazon and searching Chinese suppliers. I found that while some products can be an inferior knockoff, that due to China being the original factory the product you buy is identical to the branded one on amazon, even down to mold markings. Sometimes the branding is just stickers or hot stamp paint.