Temu halts shipping goods from China directly to US customers

[ad_1] Temu, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has stopped shipping products directly from China to US customers. Instead, all orders will now be fulfilled from warehouses within the United States, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday.The move comes following the closure of a provision that previously permitted Chinese-made products valued up to $800 to enter the United […]

How the End of a U.S. Tax Loophole Hurts Chinese Companies

[ad_1] A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Meaghan Tobin, a correspondent for The New York Times covering business in Asia, explains. [ad_2] Source link

US reaching out to China for tariff talks: Beijing state media | World News

[ad_1] BEIJING: United States officials have reached out to their Chinese counterparts for talks on vast tariffs that have hammered markets and global supply chains, a Beijing-backed outlet said on Thursday citing sources.Punishing US tariffs that have reached 145 percent on many Chinese products came into force in April, while Beijing has responded with fresh […]

Cheap parcels from China will no longer be duty-free. Here’s what it means for buyers and sellers | World News

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. The expiration of the so-called de minimis rule that has allowed as many as 4 million low-value parcels to come into the US every day – mostly from China – […]

Donald Trump downplays China tariff impact, says US kids may get ‘2 dolls instead of 30’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his tariff strategy might result in fewer and costlier products for American consumers, but the economic pain would hit China harder.Speaking to his Cabinet amid fresh signs of economic slowdown, Trump downplayed concerns that the US economy is heading […]

Covid-19 may have emerged in US first: China tells America to ‘stop playing deaf and dumb’, urges probe in new white paper

[ad_1] China has reignited the contentious debate over the origins of Covid-19 by releasing a white paper that accuses the United States of politicising the issue and suggests the virus may have emerged in America before it was detected in Wuhan.The white paper, published Wednesday via state-run Xinhua news agency, comes in response to renewed […]

China slams US as tensions rise over space observatory project in Chile

[ad_1] China on Tuesday pushed back against the United States concerns over its growing presence in Chile, defending a Chinese astronomical project in the country’s north as tensions rise over Beijing’s influence in South America.During a press conference in Santiago, Chinese Ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao, criticised US for meddling in Chile’s autonomous decisions and […]

China says ready to improve Canada ties after Carney win

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI) BEIJING”: China said Tuesday it was open to improving ties with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney won the country’s election to lead his Liberal Party to another term in power.“China is willing to develop China-Canada relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo […]

China claims it is on the ‘right side of history’ in escalating trade war with US

[ad_1] China on Monday said it was “on the right side of history” in the trade war with the United States. US has imposed a whopping 145 percent levy on the arch rival, which responded with a 125 percent tariff on US goods.Top Chinese economic official, Zhao Chenxin, said in a news conference that it […]

‘Unjustified trade war’: China hits out at ‘extreme selfishness’ of tariffs

[ad_1] China on Saturday slammed the “extreme selfishness” behind tariffs, indirectly referring to the steep duties imposed by US President Donald Trump, describing it as an “unjustified trade war.”According to the Chinese foreign ministry’s statement, top diplomat Wang Yi told his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov on Friday that, “Certain countries” resort to “pressure and coercion, […]