New tariffs come into effect impacting millions of Americans

Parcels slide down a ramp after being scanned at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in February 2024. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP via CNN Newsource) New York — Many Americans might not have felt major effects from U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs - until now. That's because a major shipping loophole expired at one minute past midnight on Friday. The de minimis exemption, as it's known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the U.S. duty free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections and paperwork. The…