The United States Postal Service (USPS) reversed its earlier decision to temporarily suspend inbound international packages from China and Hong Kong. This move comes amidst escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, triggered by President Trump's imposition of tariffs on Chinese imports.
The United States Postal Service ( USPS ) announced on Wednesday that it will resume accepting inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong , reversing a decision made just hours earlier. The USPS stated that it is collaborating closely with Customs and Border Protection to establish an efficient collection mechanism for the new China tariffs, aiming to minimize disruptions to package delivery.
This reversal occurred less than 24 hours after the agency temporarily suspended the acceptance of international packages from China and Hong Kong Posts 'until further notice.' The Tuesday package suspension announcement coincided with China's implementation of retaliatory tariffs on select American imports. The Chinese government declared its intention to take 'necessary countermeasures' in response to President Donald Trump's executive order imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports. This action was taken to address what the White House claims is the synthetic opioid supply chain originating in China. President Trump also temporarily paused planned tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days, granting these nations time to negotiate a deal with the U.S. to enhance border security along its northern and southern borders. The order accused the Chinese Communist Party of 'subsidizing and otherwise incentivizing' Chinese chemical companies to export fentanyl and related precursor chemicals, which are used to manufacture synthetic opioids illegally sold in the U.S. The White House emphasized in a Saturday statement that the flow of illicit drugs like fentanyl into the United States through criminal distribution networks has created a national emergency, including a public health crisis. The statement further asserted that Chinese officials have failed to take the necessary steps to curb the flow of precursor chemicals to known criminal cartels and prevent money laundering by transnational criminal organizations.In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China issued a statement claiming that the U.S.'s tariff increases 'severely violate' World Trade Organization rules. They argued that this move cannot resolve the U.S.'s domestic issues and, more importantly, does not benefit either side, let alone the world. Following China's ban on fentanyl production in 2019, China-based companies shifted their focus to producing and selling fentanyl precursors, the essential ingredients for manufacturing the drug, according to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The DEA reports that at least two cartels in Mexico – the Sinaloa cartel based in Sinaloa and the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel based in Jalisco – receive fentanyl precursors and synthetic opioids directly from China or through intermediaries in the U.S. These cartels maintain distribution hubs in various U.S. cities and control smuggling corridors into the country, according to the DEA. Fentanyl is known to be 50 times more potent than heroin in small doses. Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids, primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl, surged to 73,838 in 2022, as per the latest data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
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