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Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company between 2017 and 2019, before spending several years as a senior video journalist on the social news team at The Wall Street Journal, where he primarily produced short-form and breaking-news videos for the Journal's X (Twitter) page, with a focus on business, finance and markets. He also produced longer videos for other platforms on a wide range of subjects, from the U.K. royal family's finances to the cost of tackling climate change. He has also worked for The London Evening Standard, Fox News and Bauer Media.
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reversed an earlier decision to no longer accept parcels from China or Hong Kong, which could have made products from popular Chinese e-commerce sites such as Shein more expensive for Americans.
On Tuesday, the USPS said it would temporarily stop accepting inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong until further notice, after the U.S. imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods and ended a customs exception that allowed small value parcels to enter the U.S.
But on Wednesday the USPS issued a statement saying it "will continue accepting all international inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong Posts."
The statement added that the USPS and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were "working closely together to implement an efficient collection mechanism for the new China tariffs to ensure the least disruption to package delivery."
Tariffs are taxes on imported goods, typically paid by the importing businesses, which can then pass costs onto consumers through higher prices. The importing business could be any American company that purchases goods from foreign suppliers and brings them into the country for resale, manufacturing, or distribution. Tariffs are often used to protect domestic industries by making foreign goods more expensive and encouraging consumers to buy locally.
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Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company between 2017 and 2019, before spending several years as a senior video journalist on the social news team at The Wall Street Journal, where he primarily produced short-form and breaking-news videos for the Journal's X (Twitter) page, with a focus on business, finance and markets. He also produced longer videos for other platforms on a wide range of subjects, from the U.K. royal family's finances to the cost of tackling climate change. He has also worked for The London Evening Standard, Fox News and Bauer Media.
Daniel Orton
Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a ...
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