Postal services around the world are suspending deliveries to the US

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Mexico: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/...-united-states-over-tariff-confusion-00533242

Europe: https://www.theguardian.com/busines...shipments-to-us-amid-uncertainty-over-tariffs

Japan: https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/2025/0825_01_en.html

Canada (multiple sources):
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Updates on Canada Post & US Imports

The US has announced that the de minimis exemption for imports (the threshold below which imported goods won’t need to be charged duties and fees) from all countries will be eliminated as of August 29th 2025. Therefore, all shipments to the US—regardless of value—will be subject to applicable...
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Canada Post Tracked Packet US & Expedited Parcel To Be Disabled | Chit Chats

Given recent changes to tariffs in the US, many postal providers will be suspending service or changing delivery options to the US. In light of...
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DHL: https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...ail-carriers-suspend-us-shipping/85816249007/

Australia: https://www.news.com.au/finance/eco...s/news-story/5f4c31067058eef261909b82cd1e6ac7

From the Australian article:
The national postal services of New Zealand, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France and India have made the same service suspensions.
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Various more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...pend-us-usa-deliveries-how-will-it-affect-you

Services in 22 European countries – including the UK, France, Germany and Italy – have suspended some deliveries since Friday. PostEurop said its members, including a further 32 postal services, could be forced to restrict shipping.

In Asia and the Pacific, services in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore have suspended some or all deliveries.

Online marketplace Etsy has suspended US shipping label services for Australia Post, Canada Post and the UK's Royal Mail and Evri, encouraging users to find alternative carriers who let them pre-pay tariff fees.
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That just leaves UPS and FedEx. Pretty crazy, will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
 
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rubik's dude said:
Yeah, I tried getting in a few orders before the tarriffs hit, and it's been a crapshoot. Some got through, others got turned away. No one really seems to know what to do right now.
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It's frustrating. I buy small lots of electronic components for maker projects all the time and getting them has been hit or miss. Used to be small parcels were exempt but now nobody knows for sure.
 
bitbydeath said:
The only way the tariffs get reversed is if more of this happens, so I'm all for it.

The world should stop trading with the US altogether IMO.

Sorry, US folks.
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But...but...freedom 🥺

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The de minimis loophole was being exploited by cheap Chinese sellers to bypass normal taxes on imported goods for a long time

This is long long overdue and the countries who are doing this are doing Americans a favor by not sending them worthless shit from Shein and Temu
 
JayK47 said:
Buy local and buy American. I am so tired of cheap Chinese trash. So yeah, please stop trading with us.
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A good chunk of stuff is made in China. You wouldnt come close to having the people power or facilities to make it all locally. And that goes for things that can be made local if a company really forced it. A good portion of electronics/PCs/chips arent even made in USA. To get that made locally would be a huge task and take forever, cost a lot, and train people to transfer over production.
 
bitbydeath said:
The only way the tariffs get reversed is if more of this happens, so I'm all for it.

The world should stop trading with the US altogether IMO.

Sorry, US folks.
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If a country flat out stops trading with the US, their economy is likely cooked.

And to the Americans liking your post? Looks like you hate the greatest country on the planet. Nothing is stop you from leaving. We won't miss you.
 
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TDiddyLive said:
If a country flat out stops trading with the US, their economy is likely cooked.

And to the Americans liking your post? Looks like you hate the greatest country on the planet. Nothing is stop you from leaving. We won't miss you.
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Other countries could source trades from elsewhere. Sometimes a humbling is needed.
 
bitbydeath said:
Other countries could source trades from elsewhere. Sometimes a humbling is needed.
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If a country stopped trading resources with the US, the US would likely respond by not buying any products from that country. Since the US is such a massive purchaser on the global scale, that's where the real economic damage would occur.
 
TDiddyLive said:
If a country stopped trading resources with the US, the US would likely respond by not buying any products from that country. Since the US is such a massive purchaser on the global scale, that's where the real economic damage would occur.
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True, but the US needs the world more than the world needs the US. Everything is better when everyone works together.
 
bitbydeath said:
True, but the US needs the world more than the world needs the US. Everything is better when everyone works together.
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Obviously things are better when we're good to each other. My point is that If just a few individual countries cut off economically from US, they will suffer more so than the US.
 
CokeDiet said:
Is it a case of everyone working together?
Or is it a case of corporations utilising cheap labour overseas and maximising profits?
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If everything in a country is cheap labour, then it's the expensive countries that are the problem, we should be more like them.

Housing is only going to keep getting worse for future generations.
 
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It's amazing people still think blanket tariffs are a good thing, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Sure it failed to achieve stated goals the previous dozen times it was tried but it is sure to work out this time.
 
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Unknown Soldier said:
The de minimis loophole was being exploited by cheap Chinese sellers to bypass normal taxes on imported goods for a long time

This is long long overdue and the countries who are doing this are doing Americans a favor by not sending them worthless shit from Shein and Temu
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The problem is not the de minimis loophole, but the fact that this presidential decree came from out of nowhere, the regulations (and its implications) aren't all worked out and postal services around the world weren't given the time to adjust to these changes and implement them.

The EU gave up its own meager de minimis exemption (22 euro) in 2021, it now wants US businesses that do business with the EU to collect VAT for them to expedite sending goods from the US to the EU. But the difference is that these new rules had been completely worked out years earlier. These changes were proposed in 2016, adopted in Dec 2017 and then implemented (with a six months delay because of covid) on July 1, 2021. It also came with a ready to use system called Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) system to make the vat collection easy for foreign businesses.

But in the new Trumpian system where the president decides the rules instead of lawmakers, the global business world doesn't have years or even months to adapt but maybe 1-2 weeks or sometimes just a few days. That's why there's constant chaos every single time.. This is not the way to run the economy of the most powerful country on the planet.
 
bitbydeath said:
I wasn't meaning a few, I meant all of them.
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That's straight up never happening. The US is on friendly terms with too many countries. On top of that the US provides insane amounts of financial foreign aid around the world as well and military backing. They contribute the most to NATO along with actually doing their work for them most of the time. Like it or not, the US is the world's peacekeeper.
 
TDiddyLive said:
That's straight up never happening. The US is on friendly terms with too many countries. On top of that the US provides insane amounts of financial foreign aid around the world as well and military backing. They contribute the most to NATO along with actually doing their work for them most of the time. Like it or not, the US is the world's peacekeeper.
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Sounds like many countries are already starting to take a stand.
 
bitbydeath said:
If everything in a country is cheap labour, then it's the expensive countries that are the problem, we should be more like them.

Housing is only going to keep getting worse for future generations.
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It will but that's because we ALL use fake money. What we use isn't even money, it's currency. The basis of a currency is it is a unit of account and a medium of exchange. The key defining trait of money is it's also a store of value.

We had periods in history for hundreds of years prices stayed the same, no inflation. It's still possible. Inflation isn't some natural phenomenon that happens and we cannot control it or understand it. It IS by design to steal from the whole populace.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
The de minimis loophole was being exploited by cheap Chinese sellers to bypass normal taxes on imported goods for a long time
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So you're in favor of closing tax loopholes now?

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There's lots of other corporations to go after next. You have my axe sir. Let's do this. We're probably going to need more IRS employees first.
 
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demigod said:
I wouldn't be bragging about living in a country where you can be decapitated by the cartels.
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What they're saying is propaganda, my friend. In fact, a lot of tourists and people from around the world have come here.

It's not a dangerous country; in fact, many people like to travel to Mexico City.
 
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Zathalus said:
It's amazing people still think blanket tariffs are a good thing, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Sure it failed to achieve stated goals the previous dozen times it was tried but it is sure to work out this time.
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The problem is how economically illiterate most people really are. I mean they think the economy is a zero sum game (it isn't) and that labor theory of value/objective theory of value are correct.(they're not) If you took micro and macro economics (econ101/102) with an open mind you can see how illiterate people really are. (At least some people here in Mass voted for the millionaire's tax because they believed the promise it would be spent on education and roads. Money is fungible and the pols here can spend it anyway they want while hiding that fact. It's fairly easy to do.) Unfortunately things like tariffs poll well while making no sense from a macro economics point of view which is the problem.
 
I have never seen one man completely ruin a country's economy. Just retarded. What's funny is that he won the popular vote and simply doing what he campaigned on. For once he didnt lie. Americans wanted this so we deserve this.

Also some context:
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Yes, that statement is accurate. Approximately 54% of American adults read at or below a 6th-grade level, according to a 2020 study. This means they struggle with tasks that require more advanced literacy skills, such as understanding complex texts or filling out job applications. This is a significant issue, as low literacy can impact various aspects of life, including education, employment, health, and civic engagement.

Tarrifs and other complex economic issues are taught in high school or sometimes only in college. That too depending on the major, but if the people cant even read above 6th grade level, how will they understand wtf the president is talking about when they read the news or follow discussions on social media.
 
SlimySnake said:
I have never seen one man completely ruin a country's economy. Just retarded. What's funny is that he won the popular vote and simply doing what he campaigned on. For once he didnt lie. Americans wanted this so we deserve this.

Also some context:
AI Overview


Yes, that statement is accurate. Approximately 54% of American adults read at or below a 6th-grade level, according to a 2020 study. This means they struggle with tasks that require more advanced literacy skills, such as understanding complex texts or filling out job applications. This is a significant issue, as low literacy can impact various aspects of life, including education, employment, health, and civic engagement.

Tarrifs and other complex economic issues are taught in high school or sometimes only in college. That too depending on the major, but if the people cant even read above 6th grade level, how will they understand wtf the president is talking about when they read the news or follow discussions on social media.
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Trump's skill is at the 5th grade level, and that's how he speaks. This is why he has such a strong following. He speaks at their level of understanding.
 
dave_d said:
The problem is how economically illiterate most people really are. I mean they think the economy is a zero sum game (it isn't) and that labor theory of value/objective theory of value are correct.(they're not) If you took micro and macro economics (econ101/102) with an open mind you can see how illiterate people really are. (At least some people here in Mass voted for the millionaire's tax because they believed the promise it would be spent on education and roads. Money is fungible and the pols here can spend it anyway they want while hiding that fact. It's fairly easy to do.) Unfortunately things like tariffs poll well while making no sense from a macro economics point of view which is the problem.
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If you took economics in a university, you are still monetarily illiterate. Economics there are written by bankers.
 
Solarstrike said:
Nothing but a cash grab for the billionaire club, smh

edit: if the revenue is "to pay down the national debt" then, show the receipts?
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There was an article I read earlier today that claims the tariff revenue is bolstering the country's credit rating due to offsetting losses from tax cuts:

fortune.com

Trump’s tariffs are becoming such an important revenue source that they’re now propping up America’s debt rating

“At this time, it appears that meaningful tariff revenue has the potential to offset the deficit-raising aspects of the recent budget legislation.”
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