標題:Shein and Temu are in Donald Trump’s cross-hairs

n end to the de minimis exemption will hurt Chinese e-commerce firms—and

enrage American consumers

正文：For American consumers, online shopping has just got dearer. On February 1st DT did away with a decades-old provision, known as the de minimis waiver, that exempted goods under a certain value (lately $800) from customs duties. With the same stroke he raised tariffs on Chinese goods by 10%. Then on February 5th the United States Postal Service announced that it had temporarily suspended inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, before abruptly reversing, causing all manner of confusion.

知識點：dear adj.

expensive; costing a lot of money昂貴；價格高

Everything's so dear now, isn't it?現在什么東西都那么貴，是不是？

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