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Responsibility Meter

Current-event accountability

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regulatoryTrade Customs OrderWashington, D.C., United Statesstable 90.0

Suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment is continued

President Donald Trump continued the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries, extending a trade and customs policy with broad downstream effects on import processing, e-commerce, and border enforcement. The action widened a regulatory change that affects low-value shipments at national scale.

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Published

2/20/2026

Current public event date

Source base

1 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

2 ranked

Actors currently scored in public view

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from the White House order continuing the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment.

Event harm

56.6

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

35.3

Customs and trade enforcement leadership

Confidence

90.0

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

62.4

Highest actor responsibility before event harm is applied

Event harm

Harm context

The public harm score is grounded in who bears the harm, what protections are in play, and the broader social fallout.

Who is harmed

Businesses, workers, and consumers whose costs, compliance burdens, or access can change quickly.

Rights or laws at risk

Administrative due process, privacy, public protections, and the scope of agency power are implicated.

Societal impact

The decision can quickly alter agency practice, compliance burdens, and the real-world risk carried by the people subject to it.

Overview

Highest ranked actor

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Customs and trade enforcement leadership

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

35.3

Weighted contribution

Confidence

84.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1executoragencyUnited States

Customs and trade enforcement leadership

Ranked in the public field as a executor with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 84.0

Responsibility

62.4

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

35.3

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

84.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Customs and trade officials would operationalize the suspension across the import system, making them the key implementing layer.

1 evidence link

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Ranked actors

2

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Top actor

Customs and trade enforcement leadership

Highest-ranked actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

7

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Rank #2authorizerpersonUnited States

President Donald Trump

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 96.0

Responsibility

60.4

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

34.2

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

96.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The White House order itself is the operative action, placing the presidency in the clearest authorizing role for continuing the de minimis suspension.

1 evidence link