A law requiring incoming international mail have advanced electronic ID kicks in January 1, 2021 , forcing the USPS to block non-compliant mail … (click to read [...]
The USPS updated its International Mail Service Suspensions list showing over 107 countries now have mail service suspended due to unavailability of transportation for the [...]
If The UPU Does Not Change Terminal Dues, The U.S. Will Withdraw Leaving Mailers Without Access to the Existing Global Postal System GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary [...]
International mail discounted rates will no longer be available if the US leaves the Universal Postal Union, the USPS is informing mailers … (click to read [...]
But PRC Keeps Rates Secret Pending UPU Meeting From the USPS: The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved a range of postal rates for smaller packages originating from [...]
At an MTAC presentation in June, the Giselle Valera, the USPS Executive Director of Continuity of Global Operations said the USPS will withdraw from the Universal Postal [...]
This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]
by Merry Law President of WorldVu LLC “If the U.S. were to withdraw from the UPU, it would lose access to global processing and coding systems that make international mail [...]
Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the U.S. Postal Service, will host an off-the-record technical conference on Friday, February 15, [...]
In an interview with Bloomberg Government, White House Trade Director Peter Navarro said the U.S. will set its own international rates with or without the UPU if necessary [...]
This story is developing: WASHINGTON, DC — The United States announced it will pull out of the Universal Postal Union, giving a one-year notice as required by the UPU [...]
The Senate voted 99-1 to approve the STOP law, which forces the USPS to track international mail. The vote follows House approval and will go to the President’s desk [...]
From The Federalist: Thanks to convoluted international postage regulations, it is cheaper for Chinese businesses to ship goods to American consumers than for American [...]
President Trump ordered U.S. officials to seek changes to the international mail system’s terminal dues and policies. The August 23, 2018 executive order seeks to [...]
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved H.R. 5788, Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, by a vote of 353-52. The law [...]
The USPS published its final rule on International Mail changes that will take effect January 21, 2018. The biggest change will be that First-Class International Mail and and [...]
From the Herald-Dispatch: In the fentanyl trade, big things come in small packages. Small enough, as is often the case, to fit in an envelope, shipped and received through [...]
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) issued a public version of its August 2017 report on International Mail and Terminal Dues. Information on international revenues, [...]
Pictured above, a UN Global Pulse animation uses UPU big data to visualize international postal flows during 2014. New international regulations will separate documents from [...]
From the May 2017 edition of MAIL: The Journal of Communication Distribution: By Merry Law President WorldVu LLC The Universal Postal Union (UPU), is the primary forum for [...]