A man walks past the main entrance of Austrian Post’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Aug 24, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] FRANKFURT – Multiple postal operators across Europe are suspending most package shipments to the United States, citing uncertainty, confusion and rising costs linked to forthcoming US customs regulations on low-value imports. DHL …
Read More »European, Indian postal services to halt US-bound packages, over Trump tariff confusion
Multiple postal services in Europe and India on Saturday suspended the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new US import duties. Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the US effective immediately. France …
Read More »European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing a wide array of postal services to pause shipping as they await for more clarity on the rule.The exemption, known as the “ de minimis ” exemption, allows packages worth less than …
Read More »European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing a wide array of postal services to pause shipping as they await for more clarity on the rule.The exemption, known as the “ de minimis ” exemption, allows packages worth less than …
Read More »EU post offices to stop some US parcel shipments over tariffs
Postal services in Europe will halt parcel shipments to the United States as new tariffs on goods valued under $800 take effect at the end of the month. U.S. President Donald Trump last month scrapped a long-standing tax exemption on the import of low value goods known as “de minimis” from Aug. …
Read More »US-UK trade deal points to spiraling trade war with Europe
A US-UK trade deal was announced Thursday evening, after only being trailered that morning. Tariffs of 27.5 percent on UK cars will be reduced to 10 percent for a quota of 100,000 cars—any additional sales will be charged the full rate. Tariffs on UK steel and aluminium will be removed. …
Read More »UK Starmer government joins US in attacks on Houthis, declares Washington “closest security ally”
On Tuesday evening Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) joined the US in attacking Houthi forces in Yemen. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement claimed, “Careful intelligence analysis identified a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea …
Read More »Historic US ship SS United States on its final voyage after 30 years moored up | News US
Crowds gathered on the shore to wave goodbye (Picture: AP) An ocean liner which hosted Marilyn Monroe and Dwight Eisenhower is on its final journey to the bottom of the sea in Florida. The historic SS United States ocean liner is set to become the world’s largest artificial reef after …
Read More »KKR extends tender period for Fuji Soft to November
TOKYO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – U.S. investment firm KKR (KKR.N), opens new tab has extended by 10 working days the first stage of its tender to take Japanese IT services firm Fuji Soft private, it said in a filing on Monday. The extension comes after Bain Capital made a rival …
Read More »Travel and lodging firm Viad to sell events unit for $535 million
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Travel and lodging operator Viad Corp (VVI.N), opens new tab on Monday agreed to sell its events and conferences business GES to private equity firm Truelink Capital for $535 million, according to a statement seen by Reuters. The sale of GES would leave Viad …
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