Chinese e-commerce giants use the ‘de minimis’ exemption to cheaply ship products directly to consumers — now the Biden administration is pushing to change that.

A majority of Democratic U.S. House of Representatives members on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to use his executive powers to end a tariff "loophole" for low-value packages that they say are being exploited by Chinese e-commerce firms and fentanyl traffickers.

The Biden administration will restrict the use of a trade provision that lets China-founded e-commerce giants such as Temu and Shein to more easily ship to the U.S., a move that comes amid a groundswell of bipartisan pressure to close what critics regard as a “loophole.

The Biden administration is cracking down on the cheap products sold out of China by companies such as Temu and Shein

Importers mainly from China have used the de minimis exemption for shipments of $800 or less to flood the U.S. market.

The Biden administration is cracking down on cheap products sold out of China, expanding a push to reduce U.S. dependence on Beijing and bolster homegrown industry, but that

The White House has annnounced plans to limit the entry of Chinese products through e-commerce platfroms such as Temu and Shein. What else did the White House say about the trade restrictions? White House officials said they will propose a new rule to deny the exemption to packages that contain low-value goods subject to various tariffs on Chinese imports.

The Biden administration is set to overhaul US trade regulations with a new rule that seeks to close the “de minimis” exemption loophole, which currently allows low-value imports to bypass tariffs. Announced on Friday,