Americans love Shein, Temu and AliExpress for two reasons: low prices and fast shipping. Trump’s tariffs could change that. His tariff orders reversed a long-standing shipping loophole: the de minimis exemption.

The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it would resume accepting shipments from China and Hong following a temporary pause, which appeared to be in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports.

President Donald Trump’s push to tariff goods from Canada, Mexico and China included a change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the U.S.

Donald Trump’s tariffs could stop Chinese fashion firms Shein and Temu from flooding the market with clothes and goods at low prices.

US ecommerce company Amazon had sought to counter the threat posed by cheap Chinese suppliers by launching the “Haul” brand offering products for less than $20 with shipping times of between one and two weeks. Now it may be able to avoid a “race to the bottom”, analysts said.

Fast-fashion retailer Shein and online dollar-store Temu, both of which sell products ranging from toys to smartphones, have grown rapidly in the U.S. thanks in part to the "de minimis" exemption enabling them to keep prices low.

President Donald Trump has revoked a nearly century-old tax loophole that saved companies from paying tens of billions of dollars in fees on imports. Prices on such orders could now go up an average of 30 percent.

When President Trump pushed ahead with a 10% tariff on all Chinese merchandise, he also closed the century-old de minimis exemption, which allows packages worth under $800 to be shipped into the country duty-free.