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Tariff hawks eager to see de minimis rule shuttered after Trump pause

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The de minimis exemption allows cheap consumer goods worth $ 800 or less to come into the U.S. duty-free and with minimal inspections.

The exemption is used by e-commerce companies like Amazon and Temu to avoid taxes on cheap Chinese goods.

The president ordered that the exemption be stopped until “adequate systems are in place to process and collect tariff revenue”.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers chair Kevin Hassett said of Trump ’s tariff proposals on Canada and Mexico .

“We’re really serious about going after fentanyl, and President Trump means it,” Hassett told CNBC last week .

The measure is already throwing into question some long-standing business models in the retail sector.

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