Biden moves to crack down on Shein and Temu, slow shipments into US

I thought maybe this would be about the cheap disposable products and massive amount of waste these companies produce, but nope - it’s just the wrong pollution.

We need to create massive amounts of cheap disposable American products and send massive amounts of American waste to our landfills.

Free market countries when free markets enter their house:

A shipment is eligible for the de minimis exemption if the aggregate fair retail value of the articles imported is $800 or less. De minimis shipments enter the United States with less information than other imports and are not subject to duties and taxes.

The growing volume of de minimis shipments makes it increasingly difficult to target and block illegal or unsafe shipments. Foreign corporate giants who exploit the de minimis exemption do so for a variety of reasons. Some companies exploit the de minimis to conceal shipments of illegal and dangerous products and avoid compliance with U.S. health and safety and consumer protection laws. Other foreign entities use it to circumvent U.S. trade enforcement actions intended to level the playing field for American workers, retailers, and manufacturers.

With today’s announcement, the Administration is using executive authority to stop the abuse of the de minimis exemption.

I have no problem with this. This exemption was designed for individuals and small businesses to avoid import taxes, we clearly shouldn't let large corporations abuse it.

One of the litter boxes must have killed his cat...