Temu Blocks US Shoppers From Seeing Products Shipped From China

The popular Chinese ecommerce site Temu appears to have abruptly removed all products in the US version of its online store that ship directly to consumers from China, causing widespread confusion among both the company’s suppliers and customers. The change seemingly happened earlier this week, just days before a trade loophole that allows American consumers to buy products from China without paying tariffs is set to disappear as part of sweeping new import duties imposed by US president Donald Trump. Over the past week, Temu has rolled out a number of whirlwind changes to its platform as it grappled with the impacts of Trump’s trade war on its US business, which it built over the past three years by offering products at astonishing low prices and promoting itself as a haven for bargain lovers. First, Temu announced that it would begin raising prices on products shipped from China starting on April 25. But then things got a lot more confusing. Soon afterward, Temu began displaying a ... Read full article.