President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade exemption.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order delaying tariffs on de minimis, or low-cost, packages from China until the Commerce Department can confirm that procedures and systems are in place to process packages and collect tariff revenue.

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

Trump's new tariffs suspend China's de minimis exemption, blocking duty-free shipments under $800 - a move aimed at curbing fentanyl inflows and impacting Chinese e-commerce firms

Tension between the US and China in the way of global trade escalated this week after US president Donald Trump announced new tariffs of 10 percent

Chinese packages under $800 were exempt from tariffs due to the "de minimis" exemption, now ended under new U.S. rules that came into effect Tuesday.

Here’s how to understand de minimis and how it turbocharged bargain platforms Shein and Temu.

U.S. President Donald Trump this week shut a trade loophole that has been used to ship low-value packages duty-free from China, the "de minimis" exemption on import tariffs. Trump's halt to Section 321 de minimis is part of his implementation of an additional 10% tariff on China and 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico,