Terminal Dues

Compromise Plan Keeps Universal Postal Union Intact; Approved By Unanimous Acclamation

September 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — September 25, 2019 — The Universal Postal Congress, meeting in extraordinary session, hammered out a compromise plan that allows for [...]

COUNTDOWN: International Mailers Wait As UPU Vote Nears

September 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Broken UPU Terminal Dues System Outlined in OIG Report

April 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) researched terminal dues in 2015, with a particular focus on the China to U.S. corridor, to examine concerns and [...]

UPU To Let Members Vote On Postal Remuneration Rates

April 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

BERNE, Switzerland — April 10, 2019 — Today, the Second Committee (Universal Service Obligation, Regulatory Affairs, and Postal Regulation) of the UPU’s Council [...]

CORRECTION: Joe Murphy: 30 Nations Support U.S. Proposal For Self Declared Inbound Rates

March 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]

USA Ultimatum To UPU: Fix Terminal Dues Or We’re Out

October 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

USA TO PULL OUT OF UPU

October 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 Constitution. Here is the [...]

How China Cheats The USPS On Shipping Costs

September 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 Orders Changes To International Mail … End Foreign Mail Subsidy …

August 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

New Legislation to End Subsidies of Foreign Mail

April 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), today introduced the Ending Needless Delivery Subsidies (ENDS) Act, legislation that would save U.S. taxpayers from [...]

USA May Not Honor UPU Agreement; Terminal Dues In Limbo?

April 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Postcom CEO Michael Plunkett told MAILCOM attendees that there is a movement in the executive branch not to honor the Universal Postal Union’s Istanbul Convention [...]

CONGRESSMEN BLAST POSTAGE SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN SHIPPERS

November 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

The subsidy of Chinese and other foreign postal shipments into the United States has led to a fiery letter from congressmen, demanding the USPS and State Department explain [...]

FORBES: Chinese Get Subsidized Postage Into US, While Domestic Mailers Rates Rise

November 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

Chinese merchants can mail packages across the ocean than American businesses can mail across the street because of subsidized postage rates … (click to read [...]

GLAZER: Finally Sanity Over US Postage Subsidies To Foreign Shippers

November 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

(Editor’s Note: The letter from Congressmen exposing the extreme postage subsidies enjoyed by foreign shippers is the subject of this commentary from Gordon Glazer of [...]

UPU Dues Subsidizes Ecommerce Into USA

October 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

World postal delegates have adopted a new terminal dues system that will continue to subsidize foreign ecommerce into the US. Starting in 2018 bulky letters and small [...]