US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty

Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by Spooky23 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @06:58AM (#18247310)

I doubt it. Chinese companies aren’t sending wholesale stock vis epacket. Losing consumer ability to by tiny quantities of fake LEGO or whatever in quantity 1 volume isn’t putting anyone out of business.

I would rather subsidize domestic shipping to lower barriers to e-commerce entrants if we feel a burning desire to subsidize something in this area.

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by ikeboy on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:13AM (#18248457)

Note this news has nothing to do with epacket

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by Spooky23 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:26PM (#18250254)

Huh?

epacketEMS is a class of mail with tracking. How is it unrelated?

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by ikeboy on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:35PM (#18250335)

ePacket rates are negotiated directly, not set under the UPU treaty which the US is planning on exiting.

The USPS makes a profit on epacket shipments [0][1], but loses money on UPU inbound shipments. The two aren't directly related.

[0] https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library..., page 6 table 2

[1] https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library..., footnote 17

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by Spooky23 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:31PM (#18250861)

Awesome! I appreciate the info.

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