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The De Minimis Loophole's defining moves.

The defining strategic moves at The De Minimis Loophole — each one explained and grounded in the record.

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The Loophole That Built Shein Wasn't a Loophole. America Drilled the Hole on Purpose.

Everyone calls de minimis a loophole Chinese e-commerce 'hijacked.' Wrong. Congress raised the duty-free threshold to $800 in 2015, and shipments under it grew from 139 million to 1.36 billion a year. The hole was a domestic policy choice — Shein and Temu just walked through it faster than anyone expected.