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it's an outrage that USPS is subsidizing temu/shein/aliexpress to ship toxic/cancerous items from China to kids.

Temu’s products, like those of its peers, harbor these toxins. In fact, Health Canada revealed that a Shein children’s jacket contained more than 20 times the allowable amount of lead for children’s products.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2854161/temu-dark...

Seoul gov't finds carcinogens in children's products from Temu, AliExpress

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-04-25/nationa...

Could this also be interpreted as non-Temu customers are subsidizing the free/cheap shipping of Temu customers?

On top of that, Temu doesn't pay import tariffs. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241357550/import-tariff-loop...

They also use forced labor. I’m guessing the missing part of the article about “semi managed” explains how modern tech platforms and an innovative business model lets them undercut Amazon.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67752413

I thought this was scaled back?

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/418081-usps-is-done-subs...