The end of the "de minimus" exception for small shipments from overseas valued less than $800 comes into effect Friday, and with it the mass suspension of global mail delivery to the United States. Donald Trump has killed tariff exceptions on small packages coming to the U.S. set under Obama which were designed to foster and encourage small online businesses.

Essentially small packages shipped to the U.S. have historically been exempt from import taxes. The de minimis exemption has been in place since 1938 and was set at $800 in 2015 under Obama. Trump ended exceptions for goods from China in his first term, responding to the rise of cheap direct-to-consumer Chinese companies like Temu that had flourished under the new guidelines.

But then in July of this year, Trump cut off the de minim

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