Inside Trade

October 24, 2025

Sánchez intros bill to end de minimis for China, phase out benefits for others

By Margaret Spiegelman  / March 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Ways & Means trade subcommittee, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would immediately end de minimis benefits for all goods from China and phase out those benefits for imports from other countries – a move that would go further than reforms floated by other lawmakers. The “ Closing the De Minimis Loophole Act ” comes amid a renewed push by lawmakers in both parties to reform the de minimis system,...

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