American de minimis online shopping rules are creating a de maximus problem

The United States faces a worsening headache as a result of <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1fe394c6-6fe4-4093-aa68-1a4d251f1666" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the huge volume of goods consumers are buying online</a>, principally from China, and that could see it caught up in its own version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Opium Wars</a> inflicted on China in the mid-19th century by Britain. The problem is small shipments of relatively low individual economic value, and which fall under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis#Logistics" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">de minimis</a> rules, which regulate imports that the authorities deem not worth bothering to inspect or impose taxes or tariffs on. <a href="https://medium.com/enrique-dans/american-de-minimis-online-shopping-rules-are-creating-a-de-maximus-problem-65cd8e7c0168">Click Here</a>