As I understand it, packages less than 4.4 pounds from China cost less than what it should cost because of the UPU, the Universal Postal Union and that China is an emerging nation.
I wonder if this is going to kill the low cost stuff from china on ebay? The shipping is so cheap that I've thought that USPS must be losing money on it.
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From MY Times:
President Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty that has allowed Chinese companies to ship small packages to the United States at a steeply discounted rate, undercutting American competitors and flooding the market with cheap consumer goods.
We kill our businesses in the USA with environmental regulations, and labor laws, but allow product from other countries that have zero environmental regs and, especially in the case of China use, basically, slave labor.
When was the last time you heard one of the many environmental organizations in the USA complain about this disparity?