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In the past few days, many cross-border sellers have been feeling like they are on a roller coaster.
The United States and Europe have successively issued some policy news that are not conducive to cross-border sellers, causing many sellers to encounter "several blows" just after the Chinese New Year. Tariffs have been imposed, exemptions have been cancelled, and small packages have been refused. In short, all kinds of unfavorable policy news have frequently appeared in major news media. But I said in my article a few days ago that the most certain thing about Trump is his complete uncertainty. You never know what move he will make next. On February 1, Trump signed an executive order to cancel the "tariff exemption for shipments below $800" policy that has existed for many years, which immediately caused an uproar in the Chinese cross-border circle.
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In the previous week, including cross-border--Blank label, Paper corner protector, Stretch film, freight forwarders, and Chinese cross-border platforms have racked their brains to think about corresponding strategies. Some freight forwarders have updated their quotation methods, and some products on platforms such as Temu and Shein have even adjusted their prices. All parties have been prepared to deal with it. However, late last night, Trump's policy changed again. He announced the suspension of the policy of "canceling the $800 tariff exemption". This means that the situation that many sellers were worried about before no longer exists. The customs clearance of packages below $800 in the T86 mode has been temporarily restored!
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Trump has just taken office for less than 20 days, and has already turned the cross-border e-commerce circle upside down. But we can't be happy too early, because according to an interview with a senior executive of a US logistics company by foreign media, the reason why Trump suddenly suspended the executive order this time is that "the US Customs infrastructure is not ready for such a huge change, and the government is giving CBP some time to build the right system." In other words, although Trump previously announced the cancellation of the tariff exemption for $800 shipments, the US customs system is not ready to cope with such a huge workload, so the policy has to be shelved for the time being. According to an interview with another White House official, this suspension of the "cancellation of the $800 tariff exemption" is temporary, not permanent. When the Secretary of Commerce notifies the President that there is enough system capacity to conveniently process and collect tariff revenue, this policy will continue to be implemented. Therefore, the reason why Trump suspended the policy of canceling exemptions this time was not his original intention, but that the US customs system was not ready to handle such a huge workload. As this White House official said, once the customs system is ready, this policy will continue. However, facing the cunning and unpredictable Trump, everything is between certainty and uncertainty, and nothing can be predicted in advance. Sellers affected by this policy can only take one step at a time.