Hong Kong stops U.S.-bound parcels, strikes defiant tone on tariffs

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A customer packs a postal box at the General Post Office in Hong Kong on April 9. © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE and PEGGY YE

TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Hong Kong on Wednesday said it would stop mailing goods to the U.S. amid Washington's "bullying," further cementing the city's defiant stance as it is dragged along with mainland China in President Donald Trump's trade war.

Hongkong Post announced that it would stop accepting surface mail parcels destined for the U.S. with immediate effect, considering the delivery time to cross the Pacific, as the duty-free "de minimis" treatment for goods worth $800 or less will be abolished May 2.

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