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Delivery Companies Around the World Stop Shipments to the US: Here’s Who’s Affected

Major shipping companies including DHL and the Australian Post have paused shipments to the US.

Primary shipping services, including the European branch of DHL, multiple European state postal services, Australia Post, Japan Post and Taiwan’s state postal service, have stopped shipping consumer goods of varying amounts (over $100 in some cases) to the US. The pause is currently expected to be temporary as countries respond to the latest US tariff measures, but could have a significant impact on US businesses selling anything from Taiwanese GPUs and Japanese card packs to European electronics. 

The response stems from tariff actions related to the “de minimis” trade option, which allows the US to select certain business-friendly goods to be duty-free when shipped into the United States. 

In July, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that appeared to ban the use of this de minimis option. Postal companies have paused services for the time being, reporting that they aren’t sure how the specifics of the order affect them and did not have time to respond. As the additional tariffs go into effect, shipping companies say to expect downtime as they seek to understand the rules and retool their shipping processes. 

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Major shipping companies from other countries, including India, have said they will follow suit soon.

While the details and timeframe are currently unknown, it’s likely that if shipping from these countries resumes, it will be at significantly higher duties and related taxes, which US businesses may pass down to consumers as higher retail prices. Until then, several overseas sellers are expected to stop taking orders from US buyers altogether. 

Read more: Tech Tariff Anxiety Is Still High. CNET Survey Finds 64% of Shoppers Are Rushing to Buy Tech to Dodge Price Spikes and Shortages

Can people still send packages to the US?

Small consumer-oriented packages can still be sent through most services, depending on the specific value and related rules that shipping companies currently have. For example, if someone is trying to send a personal gift during this time, it shouldn’t be affected.

However, businesses that trade in international goods — including online shops on eBay and Etsy —  currently have little recourse except to rely on current stock, find other suppliers or wait for the situation to be resolved. That’s an unfortunate situation ahead of big Labor Day sales. 

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Oil prices fall as crude exports recover at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea ports

Saudi Arabia has restored flows through the pipeline to around 3.5 million barrels per day, according to media reports.

Oil prices fell Tuesday as Saudi Arabia’s crude exports from its Red Sea ports recover from an attack on a key pipeline earlier this month.

Brent crude

Satellite imagery has confirmed a “major operational recovery” at the Yanbu and Muajjiz terminals, according to a Kpler note published Tuesday.

A total of 12.5 million barrels were loaded onto nine tankers at Yanbu from Saturday through Monday, according to Kpler. Exports from Yanbu were disrupted by the drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline earlier this month, raising fears of another major hit to global supplies.

But Riyadh has restored flows through the pipeline to around 3.5 million barrels per day, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News on Monday. Its maximum capacity is 7 million bpd.

U.S. and Iranian officials, meanwhile, spoke to mediators on Monday as they try again to negotiate a deal to end the seven-month-long conflict.

Iran offered last week to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days if the U.S. commits to the conditions in the failed June memorandum of understanding. But President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Tehran’s proposal as oil exports through Hormuz recover.

Oil flows through Hormuz have hit a seven-day average 13.2 million barrels per day, which is 77% of the 17 million bpd that transited the waterway before the U.S.-Iran war, according to Kpler data.

The U.S. military provides protection to tankers from its Gulf allies and maintains a blockade against Iran’s exports.

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Bank of America Warns Bond Market Echoes 2022 Conditions

Bank of America warns that current bond market conditions mirror those of 2022, when rising yields and rate hikes triggered a significant equity correction. The firm advises investors to consider hedging strategies as real yields break out of trading ranges.

The bond market is giving 2022 vibes right now, and not in a positive way, according to Bank of America. Yields skyrocketed to multiyear highs this week, as oil prices stay elevated and new U.S. data suggests the Federal Reserve may need to hike rates even more to quell inflation. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield reached levels not seen since 2007 above 5.2%. The 30-year bond yield also spiked to its highest levels since 2004. Equities, for their part, weathered the move higher well. The S & P 500 is up around 1% week to date. The Nasdaq Composite jumped nearly 2%. But for BofA technical strategist Paul Ciana, this may be the calm before the storm. US10Y YTD bar US 10-year yield in 2026 “We see parallels with 2022, when the US 10-year real yield broke out of a trading range and rose from approximately -1% to +1.5%. Around that period, the SPX, Euro and Bitcoin formed important peaks and declined, while equity, rates and FX volatility accelerated higher,” Ciana wrote. “The comparison does not require an identical outcome, but we do think it argues for greater caution.” Stocks entered a bear market in 2022, as the Fed quickly raised rates to fend off a massive surge in inflation. The S & P 500 fell more than 19% that year, marking its worst annual performance since 2008 — when it tumbled 38%. Ciana noted investors can hedge by scooping up put options on the SPY ETF , which tracks the S & P 500. “Investors seeking protection may consider one- to three-month SPY 750 puts or 750/730 put spreads,” he said. “The lower strike corresponds to the July lows.” “However, the rise in real yields is quite stretched on weekly RSIs. If yields retrace lower and positive SPX seasonals follow through, hedges may not perform,” he said, referring the relative strength index, a popular indicator that helps assess whether an investment may be overbought or oversold.

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Anthropic warns investors of AI’s ‘existential risk to humanity’ in IPO prospectus, reports say

Anthropic’s IPO filing dedicates 80 pages to the risks of AI, nearly double the 48 pages it spends discussing its business plans, according to Reuters.

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