News / Shifting de minimis rules hobble firms' efforts to adjust supply chains

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The see-saw of US trade relations is keeping shippers and logistics providers in a bind, while a US customs solution for ecommerce is a long way off.

When it announced tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, the US administration excluded ecommerce shipments entering under de minimis exemption from duties. Having experienced a meltdown that left millions of parcels stranded when de minimis was abruptly pulled from e-commerce traffic from China, the Trump administration is not moving ...