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The Biden-Harris Administration announced a proposed new rule targeting the de minimis loophole, which is a duty and tax exemption for goods valued under $800. China is increasingly using this loophole to avoid our tariffs and continue to ship artificially cheap and illicit goods. This is shuttering American businesses. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been a leading voice on this issue, having introduced the Import Security and Fairness Actand raised his concerns to the administration on multiple occasions. 

Senator Rubio released a statement following the announcement of the rule.

• “It’s policy; it’s just bad policy. Hundreds of millions of Chinese packages will continue to flood our country through the de minimis loophole under this proposed Biden-Harris rule. The sky-high volume of packages and lack of an accountability system in the de minimis regime will make this rule almost unenforceable, and leave a large share of de minimis packages from China untouched. The only way to stop Communist China from abusing the de minimis loophole is to pass my bipartisan bill to end de minimis treatment for all goods imported from China.” – Senator Rubio

Flashback … Senator Rubio first raised the issue in July 2022 and introduced the Import Security and Fairness Act in June 2023 to address it.

Want more information? 

• April 2024: Rubio: Investigate Shein and Temu for Slave Labor
• February 2024: Rubio: “Investors Deserve to Know the Truth About Shein”
• June 2023: Rubio, Brown Introduce Import Security and Fairness Act
• June 2023: Rubio Warns Colleagues of Shein Crimes
• May 2023: ICYMI: Rubio Targets Loophole Allowing Slave-Made Goods into the U.S.
• July 2022: Rubio, Colleagues Voice Concerns with Provisions of the Senate’s China Bill