The Hongkong Post introduced on Wednesday it had suspended items mail providers by sea to the U.S. and likewise stated it will halt its airmail postal service for gadgets containing items from April 27 resulting from “bullying” U.S. tariffs.
When sending gadgets to the United States, Hong Kong folks “should be prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the U.S.’s unreasonable and bullying acts,” the Hongkong Post stated in a press release.
Other postal gadgets containing paperwork solely with out items wouldn’t be affected.
“The U.S. is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively. Hongkong Post will definitely not collect any so-called tariffs on behalf of the U.S.,” it stated.
Hong Kong, a particular administrative area of China, has been subjected to the identical tariffs as China, based on a U.S. authorities discover.
The former British colony has lengthy been often known as a free and open buying and selling hub, however China’s imposition of a sweeping nationwide safety legislation on Hong Kong in 2020 drew criticism from the U.S. and led it to finish the monetary hub’s particular standing beneath U.S. legislation.
The Hongkong Post stated its suspension was because of the U.S. authorities’s elimination of the “de minimus” exemption and the rise in tariffs for postal gadgets from Hong Kong containing items to the U.S. from May 2.
Source: www.dailysabah.com