WASHINGTON—The White House announced on July 30 a new round of tariff updates, with President Donald Trump signing executive orders to end all tariff exemptions on low-cost shipments, impose 50 percent tariffs on copper, and raise levies on imports from Brazil.
Expanding an order signed in May that targeted low-value imports direct from China and Hong Kong, Trump signed an order suspending the duty-free treatment of all low-value commercial shipments into the United States, effectively ending the global application of the longstanding de minimis trade exemption.
The de minimis provision—formalized under Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930—was originally designed to ease administrative burdens on low-value imports. Congress raised the threshold to $800 from $200 in 2016, a change that coincided with the rise of direct-to-consumer international e-commerce….
Trump Ends Tariff Exemptions on All Low-Cost Shipments, Sets Levies on Copper and Brazil Imports
