Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would prevent the expedited, tariff-free treatment of imports from certain countries, most notably China and Russia. Meanwhile, the Senate has some bills on the issue, which were just introduced this month.

And you’re looking at millions of products that come in per day. “Basically, when you’re looking at $800 or less, that’s a free-trade agreement with anyone. Jason Smith of Missouri, said he wants to “have a lot of conversations” about the $800 threshold. Kevin Brady, since retired, warned against what he called “hasty changes in reasonable de minimis limits.”īut the Republican now leading the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Last year, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, Texas Rep. In contrast, virtually all of the goods sold by Temu and Shein are shipped using the de minimis exception in which the importer pays no duty.Ĭommittees with jurisdiction over trade are also signaling a new mindset. retailers such as Gap and H&M paid $700 million and $205 million in import duties, respectively, in 2022. The committee also has competitiveness concerns. each day, or nearly 600,000 a day last year. In a report released Thursday, it said the two companies alone are likely responsible for more than 30% of all de minimis shipments entering the U.S. The committee is most concerned about retailers Temu and Shein, which ship directly to consumers in the U.S. The committee also said Customs and Border Protection “could not reasonably scrutinize” goods sent under the $800 threshold for forced labor concerns because of the sheer amount of products coming in. law designed to prevent the sale of goods made with forced labor. The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said that exploiting the $800 threshold may be a major avenue through which Chinese companies selling directly to American consumers can circumvent U.S.

with a particular focus on “foreign adversaries, including the (People’s Republic of China.)” In its first set of recommendations, a new House committee focused exclusively on China called for legislation that would reduce the threshold for duty-free shipments into the U.S. business groups and key Republican members of Congress, so it didn’t make the final bill.įast forward just a few months and it’s clear the political dynamic has shifted - and quickly. The trade provision was opposed by important U.S. In the rush to get a bill passed before the 2022 elections, the Biden administration and Democratic leaders jettisoned provisions without bipartisan buy-in.

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