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The meteoric rise of shopping platforms selling Chinese-made goods, including Shein and Temu, has been fueled by a decades-old loophole that allows cheap products like $10 dresses to land in U.S. mailboxes tariff-free. This happens thanks to a "de minimis" rule exempting packages valued at $800 or less from tariffs as long as they're addressed and shipped to individuals. The exemption is open to all retailers but is most heavily used by Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu, and potentially by TikTok's new e-commerce business.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom told Congress his manager estimates he has lost $50 million since condemning China.

A congressional commission is probing Milwaukee Tool's reported connections to forced labor in China.

Chair of Congressional-Executive Commission on China says NBA, Milwaukee Tools and Nike will be asked to testify at a future hearing about suspected Chinese abuses.

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