China accuses the United States of “repressing” its companies

China He accused this Wednesday USA to “repress” their companies after the announcement of US postal services to stop accepting China and China packages Hong Konga measure that will not apply at the moment but affect online trade giants as Ago y Shein.

“We urge the United States to stop politicizing and instrumentalize Commercial and economic issues” already “Irrazonably repress Chinese companies”said the spokesman for Chinese diplomacy, Lin Jian while asking “dialogue”.

The postal service of USA (USPS) announced on Tuesday that “temporarily” y “until further notice”He will not accept packages from the China Continental and Hong Kong.

However on Wednesday he reversed and said that finally “I would continue to accept” That email.

The American emails had also announced the exemption of tariffs for low value packages, in line with the president’s promise Donald Trump.

This exemption allows assets valued in less than 800 dollars (767 euros) enter the United States without paying tariffs or other taxes.

Washington It has just announced additional customs tariffs of 10% to all Chinese products, a measure that has unleashed a new commercial war between the two powers.

Beijing responded immediately announcing taxes On a series of American products, from oil to agricultural machinery.

The Chinese government also announced new export restrictions on called critical metals and metalloids used in sectors such as mining or aerospace industry.

“The measures taken by China They are a necessary action to defend their legitimate rights and interests”Said the spokesman for Chinese diplomacy on Wednesday.

Impact on Temu or Shein

According to Washington the exemption of customs rights for low -value packages in force so far has greatly benefited online trade platforms founded on China.

In a statement last week, the Customs Agency and Border Protection of USA He indicated that the value of the packages that benefit from this exemption amounted to more than 1,360 million dollars in 2024.

Washington Considers that this exemption made the application in USA of requirements in health, safety or intellectual property.

The cancellation of this exemption could advise a blow to platforms as popular as Shein O Temu that sell products at the price of balance, and even more penalize Chinese foreign trade, one of the engines of their economy in the absence of internal consumption.

Other groups, such as the American giant Amazon they could also be affected.

In this context, the European Commission He has announced that he wants to tax the billions of packages sold by online platforms and that they enter the European Union mainly from China.

Chinese retaliation measures announced on Tuesday for entry into force on February 10 point to about 20,000 million dollars (19.2 billion euros) in American goods, or around 12% of total imports of USA according to calculations of Capital Economics.

However, its impact remains much less than additional customs tariffs Washington which affect approximately 450,000 million dollars (431,000 million euros) in goods.