India, Aug. 24 -- Postal departments of various countries such as Italy, UK, India, France and more have joined now suspended postal services with the US. This move comes due to a lack of clarity on US President Donald Trump's decision to end the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages.

In July, Trump signed an executive order, which withdraws the long-standing de minimis exemption. This exemption, allows packages worth less than $800 to come into the US duty-free. Now with the new decision, this exemption is set to expire on August 29.

Postal services, including PostEurop, cited that the rules are still not clear and they are awaiting more clarity. In a press statement, PostEurop, the trade association representing European p...