[This blog posting will be updated to reflect the latest changes.]
As that Orange Man didn’t understand what VAT is (nor how tariffs work) and thought of it as a tariff he had to counteract,
a 20% tariff on importing anything from the EU (that’s us) to the US will come into effect next Thursday.
Unless that Orange Man decides to postpone it at the last minute like he did few times before,
wreaking havoc on shipping companies who must know what to charge a few weeks in advance.
DHL surcharges
We expect DHL to announce new „crisis surcharges“ today. But at the moment the business-customer website is broken.

EU counter tariffs
According to WHO rules, the EU can issue tariffs in return up to the same height.
They are very good at this and have highly selectively done so for very few goods.
We expect this to happen again and to not have any effect on Silicone or Silicone sex toys imported from the US at this point. However in general Silicone may become more expensive and harder to get, like it did during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Canada shipping
Canadian postal and courier companies are changing their routing to not use the US as much as possible. They have done so in the past, since it was cheaper. This there will likely be delays and higher shipping fees.