The US postal service suspends packages from China, affecting Temu and Aliexpress

USPS did not offer any reason in a brief statement, in which he just said that “the flow of cards and flat email (from the same origin) will not be affected.”

The shares of Chinese electronic commerce companies staggered in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after this announcement: JD.com collapsed 5.25% and Alibabá yielded 1.6%.

White from midnight from Tuesday to Wednesday of additional taxes of 10% over all its exports to the United States, China had immediately promising to raise customs barriers on a series of American products, such as coal, oil, agricultural machinery or sports cars.

USPS’s decision can block, at least temporarily, entry into the United States of packages from online purchase platforms with great popularity such as Shein y Agothat sell products at a low price.

Until now, low -value articles were exempt from tariffs in USAbut the administration of Donald Trump He suspended the norm by announcing the new additional taxes.

The assets of Mexico and Canada also had to face tariffs of 25% as of Tuesday, but Trump granted them on Monday a month of grace after receiving commitments to reinforce border security and stop the traffic of fentanil, a powerful opioid.

Mexico, Canada and China are the main commercial partners of the United States, and together they represent more than 40% of imports in the country.