MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration.
The announcement follows similar moves by postal services from the European Union and several other countries to pause shipping as they await more clarity on the U.S. measure. It also comes amid months-long negotiations between the Mexican government and the Trump administration to avoid wider tariffs.
The exemption — known as the “ de minimis” exemption, which allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty free — is ending on Friday. A total of 1.36 billion packages were sent in 2024 under this exemption, for goods worth $64.6 billion, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Mexico’s government said its postal service, Correos de Mexico, will temporarily suspend package deliveries to the U.S., starting Wednesday.
“Mexico continues its dialogue with U.S. authorities and international postal organizations to define mechanisms that will allow for the orderly resumption of services, providing certainty to users and avoiding setbacks in the delivery of goods,” the statement read.
A lot of shit just became far more expensive overnight.
And it’s not China that’s hurting… It’s our closest allies, and/or American consumers.
What a fucking idiot Trump is. What a complete and utter goddamn fool.
It’s going to be a long 3-and-change years if someone doesn’t realize that “move fast and break things” is not a good way to run a country.
It’s already been a long 5-years since January!
Whole lot of dipshits think that Taco is just “shaking things up” - and that that is a good thing.
Because something something argle bargle “he’s not a politician” and “uniparty” and “at least it’s not the status quo”.
I know, it’s so very fucking stupid. I’ve heard them say these kinds of things even as Taco has done things that is actively harming them in nearly every way, except they get to watch him “owning the libs”.
Its ok, we can just revert to the last release right?
I have a savegame from 1980 pre-election; I’m Edge of Tomorrow-ing that until Regan doesn’t get elected and we see what a world without deregulation and Clinton hollowing out the US with NAFTA looks like.
Not just Mexico. At the moment, 25 postal services of the world stopped shipping parcels to the US for the same reason. And not just little fringe services, but among others the biggest services in Europe.
Taiwan Post just did the same.
Taco ruins everything.
Republican mind thought: There’s a problem that we can work on and fix it or make it better? Let’s just get rid of it and make everything bad. They should have been able to figure out how to close the loophole vs just getting rid of it. But no, that would take some cogitation and the boys with the ®s, well they don’t like that.
