Capping off the first month of 2025, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 004-2025 (RR No. 4-25), amending the rules on certain de minimis benefits. It increased ...

U.S. President Donald Trump this week shut a trade loophole that has been used to ship low-value packages duty-free from ...

The trade loophole is meant to ease small-scale sales — but critics say it's been abused and gives Chinese firms an unfair ...

We advise caution on PDD Holdings due to regulatory risks, slowing revenue growth, and competition from Amazon's new services ...

The Trump administration move to stop low-cost imports entering the U.S. tariff-free is likely to hit fast fashion retailer Shein harder than online dollar-store Temu, thanks to Temu's wider product ...

Along with blanket tariffs on goods from China, Canada, and Mexico, Donald Trump has proposed closing the de minimis exception ... in turn, benefit from not having to pay import taxes on their ...

Under the “de ... de minimis shipments. “Particularly from China, which suggests that the tariff and administrative fee incidence in direct-to-consumer trade disproportionately benefits ...

Chinese e-commerce giants Shein and Temu are due to face disruptions to their business models amid U.S. tariffs on imports ...

In a significant shift in U.S. trade policy, the Trump administration has closed the de minimis loophole for certain imports, ...

US tariffs on Chinese imports and the closing of a customs loophole will wreak disruption on the business models of ...

The cross-border e-commerce logistics ecosystem, including cargo airlines, is bracing for a downturn in business after the ...