The popular Chinese ecommerce site Temu abruptly removed all products in the US version of its online store that ship directly to consumers from China, causing widespread confusion among both the company’s suppliers and customers. First, Temu announced that it would begin raising prices on products shipped from China starting on April 25. By Tuesday, US shoppers realized that Temu had apparently decided to simply block US users from seeing any product listings for items currently located in China or anywhere else outside the US. Prior to this week, consumers had the ability to choose between products with the local label and those without it, the latter of which are typically shipped from China via air cargo after a purchase is made. It also means that many US shoppers are suddenly faced with a much narrower selection of goods on Temu, and they are not happy about it.