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The USA gets set to charge millions of parcels

Friday sees the US government scrap tariff exemptions for many small postal items arriving from abroad.

Friday sees the US Customs and Border Protection agency scrap tariff exemptions, known as de minimis, for millions of small international postal items arriving from abroad that are valued below US$800.

Roger Hearing is joined by Sinead Mangan in Perth and Tony Nash in Houston to discuss the White House's claims that ending the loophole will curb the movement of drugs and provide US$10bn of revenue. But what does it mean for small traders around the world?

We catch up with the saga engulfing the Federal Reserve after governor Lisa Cook filed a legal case against US president Donald Trump over his efforts to fire her.

Elsewhere, police raids have taken place across Brazil as authorities try to close down a US$10bn money laundering operation.

Just days after South Korean president Lee Jae Myung visited Washington DC, we hear from David Kim, the man at the centre of a multi-billion dollar investment from the east Asian country into US shipbuilding.

And how old is too old when it comes to being a commercial pilot? Former flyer Kit Darby shares his thoughts.

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