“De minimis” U.S. tariffs exemption for low-value imports ends

[ad_1] An exemption that allowed low-value parcels shipped to the United States to avoid tariffs ended at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Trump administration officials said. President Trump signed an executive order suspending what’s known as the de minimis exemption late last month.  At the time, the White House said that would close what it called a “catastrophic loophole” that shippers…

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Accused fentanyl kingpin wanted by U.S. and Mexico is arrested in Cuba months after escaping house arrest

[ad_1] Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday. The trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang, known by the alias “Brother Wang,” is alleged to have worked closely with Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation drug cartels, designated…

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