News / U-turn on de minimis ban, following 'processing issues', as trade war heats up

10/02/2025

White House-triggered whiplash has hit again with the news that a small but powerful sentence has been added to the de minimis executive order, pausing the ban.

It now says that the ban on de minimis parcels from China will only come into effect “upon notification ...

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