Postal Traffic to Us Drops More Than 80% After Trade Exemption Rule Ends
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Postal traffic to the US dropped 80% after a trade exemption rule ended, sparking criticism of Trump's bureaucratic handling.
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As a technical metaphor, they abruptly disabled an API with basically no warning, and everybody else has to implement complicated business logic in order to regain old functionality.