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We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

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639 points CTOSian | 3 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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frereubu ◴[26 Aug 25 17:50 UTC] No.45029939[source]▶
All part of this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/postal-servi...

"Suspensions including from Australia and Europe come after Donald Trump removed a rule exempting parcels worth less than US$800 from his tariffs."

(For some reason this isn't showing the full article to me in Firefox with uBlock Origin. There's more info here that works with that setup - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/25/postal-serv...).

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1. semiquaver ◴[26 Aug 25 18:14 UTC] No.45030213[source]▶
No, that is the de minimis exemption repeal. This is due to a series of new tariffs on copper and other metals which is unusual (and nonsensical) in that it applies to the metal content of finished and semi-finished products. The de minimus rule exempted low value individual products sent directly to consumers, but this metal tariff affects all importers, unless they deal in one of the carved-out product categories.
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2. frereubu ◴[26 Aug 25 18:37 UTC] No.45030503[source]▶
Ah, thanks for pointing that out - I thought it was all part of the same deal.
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3. koshergweilo ◴[26 Aug 25 22:26 UTC] No.45033131[source]▶
They removed the de minimis exemption the day before they announced the tariffs so it's conflated all the time, but they are technically different policies enacted with separate executive orders