Under a new White House rule proposal, Chinese exports subject to U.S. tariffs would no longer be eligible for the de minimis shipping loophole.

  • 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.

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    1 day 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.