President Donald Trump rolled out his controversial array of reciprocal tariffs on nations around the world, but a lesser reported element of his new trade policy is the removal of a tax exemption for Chinese packages sent from companies like Shein and Temu into the U.S.
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Lawmakers and consumer advocates are calling for a federal investigation into online Chinese retailers Temu and Shein.
The companies have spent billions of dollars in online American advertising with social media companies such as Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, and Google. The probe is warranted, critics say, because of anti-competitive practices skirting U.S. trade and public safety regulations; alleged use of slave laborers to make products sold at cut-rate prices; and advertising targeting children, low-income families and older Americans.
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