The instruction to Black women, to 'build your own', then priced the bricks at double.

The interim final rule suspending the de minimis exemption for international mail shipments takes effect on July 24, so the good old $800 duty-free limit for that method of transport ceases.

Trade enforcement on paper. Real world, that hits small sellers who are sourcing inventory, materials, packaging, hair products, beauty products, boutique apparel and low-margin goods across borders, precisely because they do not have corporate scale economies. Of course the administration can frame the rule as a safety concern. OK. But Black women entrepreneurs know exactly how often language around safety, come along with a price increase only for the smallest participants, and a competitive advantage for those already large enough to bear the tax burden.

The instruction to 'build your own' never implied 'pay more before we even allow you to start' …that would have been to tax the hustler at the door.