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Yes, all of which mean that you can send stuff of low value in the regular postal system to those countries.
You seem to be arguing the whole thing from a trade deficit position or a Trumpist "waaaah, it's not fair how we're importing so much stuff", when that's not what the story is about at all. Several other posters have already explained this to you.
My argument is to remove your self imposed limit of "regular postal system" and this is a non issue. You as a business absolutely can send packages to US customers. The costs have gone up but you can still ship.
You seem to be arguing from a point of orange man is bad and trade should be free (except for US businesses).
All countries should remove all barriers to trade!
I never voted for Trump and have never in my life voted Republican. I do have a history as a business owner dealing with unfair trade practices from other countries though.
Which is a weird thing to repeatedly argue in the thread of a story about the regular postal system.
Now you're just inventing things in your own imagination. Neither I nor anyone else in this thread has suggested that the US doesn't have the right to modify its own tariffs, and yet you keep imagining that we are in order to keep fuelling whatever it is you're trying to push. I'm sorry you had difficulty with your own little importing issue, but you've picked the wrong thread to grind your axe about it.
I'm sorry your business isn't agile enough to deal with your logistics issues. Perhaps you can find a market in your home country. 🤷🏻
This shipping limitation is exaggerated. How many people commenting here with the sky is falling are actually impacted in a way that can't be corrected?