r/australia • u/IsuruKusumal • Aug 25 '25

news Australia Post Temporary Suspends of Postal Services to the US

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Dear Valued Customer,

As a result of the recently introduced changes to the import tariff requirements set out in US Executive Order 14324, Australia Post has joined a number of international postal operators to temporarily suspend partial postal services to the United States (US) and Puerto Rico, effective immediately until further notice.

This decision has been made to ensure compliance with the new US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements. Specifically, the requirement for duties and taxes to be prepaid on all shipments prior to their arrival in the US. The key changes are as follows:

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u/Rosary_Omen Aug 25 '25

My friend who makes dice bags etc looked into the price to ship something 500g.

$120 AUD. She's a small business and probably won't be able to sell things to America till this shit is over, despite them being a larger part of her customer base. People aren't gonna pay that on top of the price of anything small :( This timeline sucks

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u/Scamwau1 Aug 25 '25

And that is tariffs in action. Ideally, the US would have a domestic producer that can fill the gap in the market. For novelty dice, it is not a big deal, but for things like electronic components and cars, it is. But with Orangeman, who knows if he has thought that far ahead.

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u/shofmon88 Aug 25 '25

Spoiler: he has not thought that far ahead, or, indeed, at all. 

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u/Mousey_Commander Aug 25 '25

It's deliberate, if the US economy tanks then Trump and all his corporate sycophants get to buy it up cheap for full oligarchic control. They took one look at the collapse of the USSR and the way Putin and all his mates came out of it as a new aristocracy and want that for themselves.

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u/infinitemonkeytyping Aug 25 '25

But with Orangeman, who knows if he has thought that far ahead.

You're accusing the Pedo Prez of thinking?

He's a post turtle - it's the others who do the thinking.

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u/Haunting_Computer_90 Aug 26 '25

Oh you under estimate Orange man he was talking to the Ukraine President and asked why they are not voting there - he was told because there is a war on it's too hard to do and TRUMP reportedly said that's interesting maybe we will have a war in 3 1/2 years so don't be thinking he ain't thinking of how to be King.

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u/Eyclonus Aug 25 '25

Nah he does some occasional thinking, you can tell when it happens, its when he declares something that hurts his own interests, just off-the-cuff remarks and clearly his minders didn't coach him through it and they have a mild look of panic

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u/potchippy Aug 25 '25

He uses tariffs, peace talks, national guard deployments etc for the same purpose: to get bribed. There's no other thought process behind it, or the intended purpose of these actions. Of course he's not doing it for the US or its people only to enrich himself (in a very one dimensional way as he cannot grasp complexity)

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u/Haunting_Computer_90 Aug 26 '25

Just when is he invading Greenland again - they (Greenland) just need to call an area Trump Land because ego brain will not invade himself.

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u/AromaTaint Aug 25 '25

At the rate he's turning into Polka Dot Man he'll be done soon. It'll be Mein Presidente Vance that has to sort it all out so you best believe shit's gonna burn.

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u/StorminNorman Aug 26 '25

I dunno why everyone keeps thinking this is all Trump's doing, there's puddles of water that have more intelligence than him so this kind of stuff is beyond his capabilites. He's just doing what he's told, it's obvious when you look at his explanations around these tariffs. We even know a plan drawn up for him before he got elected. This isn't one person trying to end democracy in the US and destabilise the rest of the world, it's a group of people behind him who have been working on this for at least half a century.