“The United States and the Europeans have been flooded with e-commerce goods that come from China and other countries. “What’s really made this a disastrous system is that in the last 10 years or so, international document volume has plummeted and international e-commerce has boomed,” says James Campbell, a lawyer and UPU expert who consults for international shipping companies. That means it can sometimes be cheaper to send a package from China to the United States than it is for Americans to send packages between states. Because the fees were developed in the 1960s based on factors including a nation’s economic development at that point, countries like China, whose economy has grown enormously since then, still pay heavily subsidized rates while the U.S. But one main part of the arrangement has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire: “terminal dues,” the rates the 192 member countries pay one another to deliver mail across borders. Now part of the U.N., it’s the second oldest international organization in the world, and not typically involved in high-profile disputes.
That’s thanks to the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a 144-year-old organization that sets technical and security standards to keep international mail and small packages moving around the globe. to Glenz in Germany, you can use American stamps and still expect Deutsche Post to deliver it. After all, if you want to send a letter from the U.S. The current system isn’t perfect-a letter may get lost a gift may arrive the day after a birthday-but it’s still an impressive bit of international cooperation.
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