Rapid growth of Temu and Shein threatens US businesses and consumers, Biden says.
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Why not just subsidize the shit out of the USPS?
I buy a lot of AliExpress stuff, craft and hobby electronics stuff, and have run into situations where a domestic vendor will have what I want, sometimes even at a competitive price, but their shipping will be $5-10- maybe discounted if I spend $50, 100, or more, while the Chinese option is $2 postage, or even "free postage if I spend $10."
If you could mail a 100 gram padded envelope for under $1, it would cloae the gap substantially.