Hong Kong ‘suspends’ U.s. Package Shipments Over ‘bullying’ Tariffs - Beritaja
In the latest escalation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s world waste and acquisition war, Hong Kong says it will nary longer grip packages coming from aliases shipping to the U.S.
The Hong Kong authorities says successful a statement that the move comes aft the U.S. announced past week that it would destruct the “duty-free de minimis” objection for items that would usually beryllium shipped to Americans.
That objection applied to each world postal equipment that were weighted astatine aliases nether US$800 that entered the state from China and Hong Kong, according to a truth expanse published by the White House connected the change.
“For sending items to the U.S., the nationalist successful Hong Kong should beryllium prepared to salary exorbitant and unreasonable fees owed to the U.S.’s unreasonable and bullying acts,” the connection reads.
“The U.S. is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively.”
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The Hong Kong authorities went connected to opportunity it would suspend the acceptance of immoderate items shipped by oversea starting immediately, while items shipped by aerial will nary longer beryllium accepted aft April 27.
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Senders who person posted items that person not yet been shipped will beryllium contacted to put the return of items and a refund connected postage starting April 22.
Postage containing only documents, however, will still beryllium accepted.
It’s the latest ripple effect being seen amid tariffs imposed by each state connected the other.
As of Wednesday, U.S. tariffs connected Chinese imports beryllium astatine 145 per cent, while China’s connected U.S. products are astatine 125 per cent.
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