Trump Opens New Front in His Battle with China: International Shipping

This is a hugely consequential change and one that I welcome. It's cheaper for me to order a halloween costume, remote control, etc. from Aliexpress or ebay and have it sent to me via ePacket than the SHIPPING for a domestically purchased product. In other words, the product + epacket is less than just getting a product from near by warehouse to my doorstep. This is doesn't make sense as it's the US subsidizing Chinese sellers to the detriment of US sellers, inside of the US...

I understand the desire for cheap goods and I find the tariffs questionable but this change is much needed imho.

Good move. It is ridiculous now, you can buy headphone extension cable at $0.2 with Free shipping from china on ebay. This madness has to stop.

On the other hand I have zero doubt Chinese sellers will try to scam the system by first shipping to another cheap country on the list.

Interesting how this affects companies like Etsy, eBay and Alibaba. Is there an opportunity with 3PL startups to capitalize on this big change.

I knew that if I waited long enough, Trump would accidentally do something I approve of. China isn't the poor, little developing nation it was in 1969, and no longer require our subsidies. Along with that, the treaty also subsidizes the pollution of cargo ships to send us our cheap shit, as well as subsidizing the export of our manufacturing pollution.

Subsidy abstractions aside, were I an owner of a business that ships domestic, I'd be asking, "where's my cheap shipping?" In summary, I'm really surprised the treaty has lasted this long.