COUNTDOWN: International Mailers Wait As UPU Vote Nears
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 [...]
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USPS Warns Shippers: No Discounts If We Leave UPU
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 [...]
PRC Approves Inbound Postal Rates Ahead of UPU Meeting
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 [...]
USPS Files International Rate Notice With PRC
The USPS laid out its plans for setting rates for Inbound E-Format Letter Post in a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission. The notice did not include rates, but the [...]
UPU Votes To Hold Extraordinary Congress On Terminal Dues
GENEVA, Switzerland — An Extraordinary Congress of the Universal Postal Union will be held September 24-25 in Geneva following a vote of the membership. The meeting [...]
Broken UPU Terminal Dues System Outlined in OIG Report
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 Exit Begins: USPS Urged To Prepare For Pullout
The U.S. Postal Service — the world’s largest postal service — needs to prepare for its exit from the Universal Postal Union now, the Postal Regulatory [...]
CORRECTION: Joe Murphy: 30 Nations Support U.S. Proposal For Self Declared Inbound Rates
This story has been corrected and updated. Joseph Murphy, the State Department’s international mail leader, told members of the Advisory Committee on International [...]
USPS Governors, PMG Support Trump’s UPU Pullout
At the February 8 meeting of the Board of Governors, Chairman Robert Duncan said the board supports President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Universal Postal Union [...]
Get Ready for Higher International Postage and Service Disruptions
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 [...]
UPU Works To Meet USA Demands
The Universal Postal Union is working on addressing United States demands to change the terminal dues system and stop the subsidy of cross-border parcels, following receipt [...]
USA Ultimatum To UPU: Fix Terminal Dues Or We’re Out
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
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 [...]
President Trump Orders Changes To International Mail … End Foreign Mail Subsidy …
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 [...]
… PRC Chairman: Trump UPU Memo “An Enormous Leap Forward”
Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub endorsed President Trump’s executive order seeking changes in the UPU’s terminal dues in a statement released to [...]
New Legislation to End Subsidies of Foreign Mail
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?
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 [...]
Chinese Merchants Get A Better Postal Deal Than Amazon
President Trump’s criticism of Amazon’s use of the Postal Service overlooks the fact that Chinese merchants get a below cost deal. As cited in this story, a New [...]
New International Mail Rules Go Into Effect January 21, 2018; Prohibition Of Merchandise In First-Class Mail
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 [...]
CONGRESSMEN BLAST POSTAGE SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN SHIPPERS
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 [...]
