Progressive Democrats urge administration to bar e-commerce products from de minimis

The Biden administration should exclude e-commerce shipments from de minimis benefits, a group of progressive Democratic senators has told senior officials, arguing that recent regulatory proposals will be insufficient to stem the flow of illicit products and drugs through the import channel. “Further action is needed to fully address the flood of uninspected packages entering into the United States, especially in the e-commerce sector,” Senate Finance Committee members Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), with Sen...