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Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by sverhagen on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:27AM (#23675861)
With the enormous amount of stuff people order from AliExpress, it seems unreasonable that all of it gets shipped via excess capacity.
Re:The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China an... by Spivak on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:43AM (#23690520)
I mean that's pretty much the whole trick to it. It gets to the boat with the rest of the mail, and batched with all the other people are shipping to the US, and then delivered to your door with the rest of the mail.

I can't imagine that there's a significant environmental impact outside of what it already takes for normal imports and and your daily mail.