Blumenauer preparing bill to strip goods from China of de minimis benefits

The chair of the House Ways & Means trade subcommittee is preparing to introduce legislation next week that would exempt goods shipped from China and other non-market economies from U.S. de minimis benefits, according to sources and documents. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) last year floated a proposal that also would prohibit goods subject to “enforcement-related duties,” including Section 301 and Section 232 tariffs, from “using de minimis,” his office said in a fact sheet distributed to colleagues and obtained by...