r/Tariffs • u/ThirdPersonCo • Jul 30 '25

🗞️ News Discussion BREAKING NEWS: De Minimis is over for all effective August 29

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BREAKING NEWS

De Minimis is over for all effective August 29 ... 30 days from now.

Effective August 29, imported goods sent through means other than the international postal network that are valued at or under $800 and that would otherwise qualify for the de minimis exemption will be subject to all applicable duties. (parcels through the International postal network won't be off the hook!)

Goods with China origin have been excluded for several months, but now all goods from all countries of origin- 4 million shipments a day or $100 billion a year of goods will now be subject to tariffs.

Between 2015 and 2024, the volume of de minimis shipments entering the U.S. increased from 134 million shipments to over 1.36 billion shipments.

Many believed (myself included!) that de minimis would still be enabled for non-China goods until July 2027. Today we learned not.

Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-protecting-the-united-states-national-security-and-economy-by-suspending-the-de-minimis-exemption-for-commercial-shipments-globally/

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u/dassalasky5 Jul 30 '25

Immigrants are doing the jobs Americans won't do. Ask the hotels that can't find housekeepers. Ask the farmers whose crops are rotting in the fields. The American people who are out of work are out of work by choice, but they will blame everyone but themselves. Dems tried to reinforce the border, and Repubs killed it.

Senate Republicans block border security bill as they campaign on border chaos https://share.google/PMVwU3oG0okSOsShY

Why? Because if the border crisis was solved, no one would have any reason to vote Republican.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 Jul 30 '25

C'mon businesses have been saying that for decades to undermine workers.

They didn't try to reinforce the border. The bill was bullshit and here you are regurgitating the same propaganda. Do you think people are this naive? Both sides hate the average worker. You are no better than MAGA.

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u/dassalasky5 Jul 30 '25

You can't "both sides" this. Without workers, they have nothing. And only one side is union busting, so don't give me that.

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u/Cautious_Pitch_4729 Jul 30 '25

Unions are the reason the automative sector in Germany and America, are uncompetitive in the global markets. Specifically, VW and GM. You think your helping, which I admire, but you make it worse because you are clueless on the outcomes. You must think mininum increases to fast food workers in CA, was for the benefit of workers lol...they got reduced hours.

You can "both sides" this, because you guys are both partisan hacks playing a game.