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U.N. postal agency seeks to persuade U.S. not to quit over Trump fee hike demand
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 / 8:23 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
U.N. postal agency seeks to persuade U.S. not to quit over Trump fee hike demand
Stephanie Nebehay
3 MIN READ
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. body responsible for cooperation between countries’ postal services held emergency talks on Tuesday to persuade the United States not to quit over President Donald Trump’s demand to hike the fees Washington charges to deliver foreign mail.
The Trump administration has told the Universal Postal Union based in the Swiss capital Bern that it will quit unless the agency agrees to let countries charge more to deliver mail they receive from abroad. Last October Washington set a 12 month deadline.
“In an age of e-commerce the United States is being forced to heavily subsidize small parcels coming into our country. Many are from China but this is not strictly a China problem,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who heads the U.S. delegation, told journalists in Geneva.
The UPU sets international postal rates that include strict caps on “terminal dues”, the charges postal services collect from each other to cover the cost of delivering international mail.
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Democrats Abroad, the arm of the Democratic Party for Americans overseas, has warned of chaos and urged its members to lobby their Senators and representatives against the proposal by the Republican administration to quit the body.
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U.N. postal agency seeks to persuade U.S. not to quit over Trump fee hike demand
Stephanie Nebehay
3 MIN READ
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. body responsible for cooperation between countries’ postal services held emergency talks on Tuesday to persuade the United States not to quit over President Donald Trump’s demand to hike the fees Washington charges to deliver foreign mail.
The Trump administration has told the Universal Postal Union based in the Swiss capital Bern that it will quit unless the agency agrees to let countries charge more to deliver mail they receive from abroad. Last October Washington set a 12 month deadline.
“In an age of e-commerce the United States is being forced to heavily subsidize small parcels coming into our country. Many are from China but this is not strictly a China problem,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who heads the U.S. delegation, told journalists in Geneva.
The UPU sets international postal rates that include strict caps on “terminal dues”, the charges postal services collect from each other to cover the cost of delivering international mail.
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Democrats Abroad, the arm of the Democratic Party for Americans overseas, has warned of chaos and urged its members to lobby their Senators and representatives against the proposal by the Republican administration to quit the body.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-postal/u-n-postal-agency-seeks-to-persuade-u-s-not-to-quit-over-trump-fee-hike-demand-idUSKBN1W91JX
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Is there nothing this asshole won’t try to screw up?
