The U.S. Customs and Border Protection rule targets the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed shipments valued under $800 to pass through customs more easily.
  • Binturong@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Well they did say there was an epidemic of drugs coming over the border, we can do our part to stop that.

  • Nora@lemmy.ml
    10·
    5 days ago

    The start of that sentence was giving me anxiety. Then I read… “Americans.” Oh… No worries.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Yeah. It’s not like BC is gonna go Cruel Blue like little Texas. Right?

      Right? That IQ test is coming up fast.

  • techwooded@lemmy.ca
    81·
    5 days ago

    As an American that hasn’t gotten a work visa in Canada yet, fuck us up Canada

    • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Canada had nothing to do with this. It is Trump & Republicans fucking the US up. Not outside countries.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    5 days ago

    The U.S. Customs and Border Protection rule […] previously allowed shipments valued under $800 to pass through customs more easily. As of Oct. 22, that exemption will be indefinitely suspended, and medications mailed from outside the U.S. will require additional data and a bond guarantee.

    The rule puts added fees and registration requirements on low-value shipments that previously entered the U.S. duty-free — on everything from textiles to toys — but the people who could see the most significant impacts are those who buy their cheap drugs from across the border.

    And while the rule doesn’t specifically target Canadian drugs — it applies to international mail generally — the practical consequence could be delays, refusals or substantially more difficulty getting their medications delivered.