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frereubu ◴[] 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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shafoshaf ◴[] No.45030169[source]
To be fair, China has been widely abusing the <$800 rule for a number of years. And it really wasn't not helping either economy. Temu routinely employs forced labor and worse to give those super low prices that US companies can't compete with. https://youtu.be/quGoGgbP-aE?si=FL8pgTssEwn5qEvS&t=387
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coliveira ◴[] No.45030773[source]
Since when forced labor was a problem for Americans? We know for decades that Diamonds are extracted with forced labor, many imported agricultural products like coffee, clothing, etc. use forced labor/minors/slave-like conditions. The US never stoped buying these products because of such issues.
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1. UncleSlacky ◴[] No.45032092[source]
Not to mention the domestic prison-industrial complex:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial_comp...