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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by dragonwriter on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:00AM (#18246485)
Withdrawing from the UPU will allow the US raise the rates Chinese mailers pay to mail into the US, but won't lower (and, depending on how China responds, may raise) the rates US mailers have to pay to mail into China. It's potentially an extension of the existing trade war in that respect.
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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by nemo846 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @03:26AM (#18246570)
Trade war or not. This particular move makes sense though. There is no reason to continue giving China - an economic superpower - a discount on mail.
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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by dragonwriter on Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:35AM (#18248161)
> There is no reason to continue giving China - an economic superpower - a discount on mail.

Yes, working to negotiate a change to that particular element of the UPU price structure makes sense (which is why Canada already did it for China-Canada mail.)

Whether rage-quitting the UPU makes a lot of sense (even as a negotiating tactic), is a different question; the UPU is more than a Chinese discount.

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by mistermann on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:31AM (#18249136)
I'm in Canada and I can still order all the $.99 items with free shipping from China I want - either there's some sort of magic happening, or the renegotiated terms still allow substantial subsidies.
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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by mcbits on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:37PM (#18249778)
Maybe it makes sense logically in the abstract, but I'm going to miss buying electronics components and building things.
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