DeLauro Urges President-Elect Trump to Continue Actions to Close De Minimis Trade Loophole

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a letter she sent to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team urging them to continue the Biden Administration’s efforts to close the de minimis trade loophole. The text of the letter is available here.  

“The de minimis loophole allows more than four million packages to enter the United States every day, dodging taxes, tariffs, and inspections,” the lawmaker wrote. “These imports threaten U.S. manufacturers, hurt union workers and local retailers, and expose American consumers to great risk by flooding the market with fake or dangerous goods, including fentanyl and precursor chemicals from China.”

“In September, I was joined by 128 of my colleagues in writing to President Biden urging him to use the executive authority granted by Congress to exclude e-commerce shipments, which constitute the bulk of low-value shipments into the United States, from de minimis treatment. I still hope to see action from the Biden Administration in the remaining days; however, given the time constraints, I ask your administration to take action on this urgent problem as soon as possible.”