The Chinese fast-fashion giants will get slapped with a 10% tariff — but the end of a longtime trade loophole could hit them harder.

One positive, perhaps, is that Temu and SHEIN will have a harder time supplying teenagers with disposable garbage from China, some of which is believed to be manufactured by forced labor. Trump’s executive order announced over the weekend imposes tariffs of 25% on goods shipped from Canada and Mexico,

When President Trump pushed ahead with a 10% tariff on all Chinese merchandise, he also closed the century-old de minimis exemption, which allows packages worth under $800 to be shipped into the country duty-free.

Trump revoked a tax loophole that saved companies tens of billions of dollars in fees on imports. Prices on such orders could now go up an average of 30 percent.

Americans love Shein, Temu and AliExpress for two reasons: low prices and fast shipping. Trump’s tariffs could change that. His tariff orders reversed a long-standing shipping loophole: the de minimis exemption.

President Donald Trump’s push to tariff goods from Canada, Mexico and China included a change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the U.S.

Along with blanket tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and Mexico, Donald Trump has proposed closing the de minimis exception claimed by ultracheap retailers with roots in China.