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De minimis tariff exemption ends

WBUR

Published September 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM HST

We look at what the de minimis tariff exemption is, why ending it has resulted in shipping chaos around the world, and who wins and loses from the end of this policy.

Darian Woods and Wailin Wong from The Indicator report.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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