that “’The Crow’ isn’t bad — and it gets better as it goes — but it’s an exercise in folly. It cannot escape Lee and the 1994 original even as it builds a more allegorical scaffolding for the smartphone generation.”
Since launching in the United States, Shein and Temu have given Western retailers a run for their money by offering products, coupled with avalanches of digital or influencer advertising.
The 145% tariff Trump slapped on most products made in China, coupled with his decision to endthat allows goods worth less than $800 to come into the U.S. duty-free, has dented the business models of the two platforms.E-commerce companies have been the biggest users of the
. Trump signed an executive order this month to eliminate the “de minimis provision” for goodsstarting May 2, when they will be subject to the 145% import tax.
As many as 4 million low-value parcels — most of them originating in China — arrive in the U.S. every day under the soon-to-be canceled provision.
U.S. politicians, law enforcement agencies and business groups lobbied to remove the long-standing exemption, describing it as a trade loophole that gave inexpensive Chinese goods an advantage and served as a portal for illicit drugs and counterfeits to enter the country.Atayi also owns a hair salon in a building that’s on the verge of collapse. When that happens, she will be out of business.
Atsu Godslove Afeli poses for a portrait in his room in his family home that was destroyed by coastal erosion in Avegadzi, Ghana, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Atsu Godslove Afeli poses for a portrait in his room in his family home that was destroyed by coastal erosion in Avegadzi, Ghana, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
The destruction of Atsu Godslove Afeli’s home began gradually. But a month ago, the last of the building collapsed, leaving him, his four children and his brother with nowhere to sleep but a fuel station behind their destroyed home.Afeli said he never thought it could happen because “the distance from our house to the seashore was very long and it (was) hard to believe that the sea could reach this place.” In recent months, however, he became sad, depressed and frustrated as the waves got closer and finally toppled his home.