USPS Temporarily Stops Accepting Inbound Parcels From China, Hong Kong

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Tuesday that it will be temporarily suspending the acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The service suspension, which took effect immediately, will not affect letters and flats—such as large envelopes, newsletters, and magazines—sent from China and Hong Kong, according to the agency’s notice. The USPS did not offer reasons for the suspension or indicate how long it would be in place. The Epoch Times has reached out to the USPS for comment and did not receive a response by publication time. This comes just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the duty-free exemption for low-value shipments from China as part of an effort to curb the entry of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into the United States....