By David Lawder, Helen Reid, Lisa Baertlein and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON/LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump paused his administration's repeal of duty-free treatment of low-cost packages from China on Friday,

A U.S. Postal Service office near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Feb. 5, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump paused a repeal of duty-free treatment of low-cost packages from China on Friday, after the change sparked chaos for postal services and others.

Ending tariff exemptions on low-cost packages from China has broad bipartisan support in Washington, and Trump pulled the plug when he raised tariffs on Chinese goods by 10% earlier this week. Goods sent through duty-free packages became subject not only to existing tariffs — 25% for many Chinese products — but also the new 10%.