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https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipment-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs

The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

The exemption, known as the “de minimis" exemption, allows
packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free.
A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this
exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data
from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.

It is set to expire Friday. On Saturday, postal services around
Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many
packages to the United States amid confusion over new import
duties.

Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they
will stop shipping most merchandise to the U.S. effective
immediately. France and Austria will follow Monday.

. . .

Looks like you'll have to wait on those nice Danish plates
and primo German audio equipment.

Also probably CAR parts. Your $199,000 Mercedes won't
work without those little do-hickeys.

The problem here isn't expense per-se ... but confusion
ABOUT the expenses. Trump likes confusion, it's a major
strategy and oft successful. If opponents don't know
where you're going to zig and zag they cannot prepare
a counter-strategy against you.

I don't see the EU as an 'enemy' - just 'the competition'.
As such, we ought to work this out as quickly as possible
so everyone knows where they stand.

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c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipme nt-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs

The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

Under Trump America has indeed
become an international pariah.

The rest of the world doesn't
want to travel here, they don't
even want to mail things here.

And this is what you voted for?

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On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 21:38:20 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipment-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs

The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

The exemption, known as the “de minimis" exemption, allows
packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free.
A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this
exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data
from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.

It is set to expire Friday. On Saturday, postal services around
Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many
packages to the United States amid confusion over new import
duties.

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for
him, which they naturally refused.




--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

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On 2025-08-24 03:32:09 +0000, Steve Hayes said:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 21:38:20 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipment-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs


The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

The exemption, known as the “de minimis" exemption, allows
packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free.
A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this
exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data
from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.

It is set to expire Friday. On Saturday, postal services around
Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many
packages to the United States amid confusion over new import
duties.

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for
him, which they naturally refused.

There's another big new tax for you Trump fans. Enjoy.

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On 8/24/25 2:32 AM, super70s wrote:

On 2025-08-24 03:32:09 +0000, Steve Hayes said:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 21:38:20 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipment-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs


The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

The exemption, known as the “de minimis" exemption, allows
packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free.
A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this
exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data
from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.

It is set to expire Friday. On Saturday, postal services around
Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many
packages to the United States amid confusion over new import
duties.

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for
him, which they naturally refused.

There's another big new tax for you Trump fans. Enjoy.

We will ... so long as it screws "Them" :-)

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On 8/23/25 11:32 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 21:38:20 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

https://www.wptv.com/life/money/european-postal-services-suspend-shipment-of-packages-to-us-over-import-tariffs

The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages
coming into the United States is causing multiple international
postal services to pause shipping as they await more clarity on
the rule.

The exemption, known as the “de minimis" exemption, allows
packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free.
A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this
exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data
from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agency.

It is set to expire Friday. On Saturday, postal services around
Europe announced that they are suspending the shipment of many
packages to the United States amid confusion over new import
duties.

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for
him, which they naturally refused.

Not SURE they can "refuse".

However, at the moment, there's no
Clear Path.

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for him, which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

After all, he prides himself on being a dealmaker, right?

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On 8/24/25 4:49 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for him,
which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

Ummmm ... NO.

Sorry, but the old "Rip-Off The USA" paradigm
HAS to die.

We will come to something new.

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On 2025-08-24, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8/24/25 4:49 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for him, >>> which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

Ummmm ... NO.

Sorry, but the old "Rip-Off The USA" paradigm
HAS to die.

We will come to something new.

We can no longer be used as the world's piggy bank as we have enough
of our own issues to take care of and need to put our needs before the
needs of the rest of the world.
Something democrats fail to understand which is why they support criminals instead of the victims.


--
pothead

"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank

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pothead <[email protected]> wrote in
news:108f2gj$2q7j6$[email protected]:

On 2025-08-24, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8/24/25 4:49 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has
demanded that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs
Duties for him, which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

Ummmm ... NO.

Sorry, but the old "Rip-Off The USA" paradigm
HAS to die.

We will come to something new.

We can no longer be used as the world's piggy bank as we have enough
of our own issues to take care of and need to put our needs before the
needs of the rest of the world.

Unless it comes to Israel.


Israel to receive $1 billion in bombs
and bulldozers from Trump
FEB 03, 2025

Tel Aviv is clearly exempt from the
president's blitz on foreign aid https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-and-israel-foreign-aid/

Something democrats fail to understand which is why they support
criminals instead of the victims.

The party led by a convicted felon
complains about criminals.

Gads..................

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On 8/24/25 09:02, pothead wrote:

On 2025-08-24, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8/24/25 4:49 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for him, >>>> which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

Ummmm ... NO.

Sorry, but the old "Rip-Off The USA" paradigm
HAS to die.

We will come to something new.

We can no longer be used as the world's piggy bank as we have enough
of our own issues to take care of and need to put our needs before the
needs of the rest of the world.

Or...

...both of you should ask yourselves why & for who the 'de minimis'
tariff exception existed in the first place.

Its not even really a hard Google.


-hh

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:49:33 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DÿOliveiro
<[email protected]d> wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:32:09 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

I have heard that the reason for this is that the US Postal Service
isn't equipped to collect the customs duty, and so Trump has demanded
that the overseas postal services collect the US Customs Duties for him,
which they naturally refused.

Maybe he should give them a cut of the tariffs they collect.

After all, he prides himself on being a dealmaker, right?

In the past, when the South African post office still worked (before semi-privatisation) when one had to collect a package on which customs
duty had to be paid, there was also an "administration fee" -- which
sometimes had to be paid even if there was no customs duty. This was
to cover the extra expens the ppost office had to go to to pay the
staff etc for that particular work.

If, however, they are being asked to provide staff to collect duty for
another country (in this case the USA) then that country would need to
pay an administration fee for the extra work in collecting it, or, as
you say, retain a percentage of the tariff.




--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

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