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Trump to pull US out of postal treaty
The US has announced plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty, which the White House says lets China ship goods at unfairly low prices.
Under the treaty, a UN body sets lower international rates for packages from certain countries, a move originally designed to support poorer nations.
But the US says the discounts put American businesses at a disadvantage.
Officials said they hoped the notice of withdrawal would set the stage to agree a better deal.
"We're looking for a fair system," a senior administration official told reporters. "We do hope that ultimately we achieve a negotiated outcome."
The BBC's Asia business correspondent Karishma Vaswani says the move to pull out of the treaty is aimed at forcing the Chinese to give up the developing nation status they had when they first entered the pact back in 1969.
[...] The process of withdrawing from the treaty takes at least a year and the White House said it would be willing to remain in the UPU if negotiations were successful.
The US Postal Service and companies such as Amazon and FedEx have complained about the discounts for foreign shippers for many years.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday October 21 2018, @04:34PM (4 children)
People can reach the same conclusion by different routes, even if one (der Gropenfuhrer) got there by entirely wrong or even entirely unrelated reasons. China needs to be smacked down, but not because of anything to do with Trump; because they're an existential threat to the civilized world, though I'm not sure the US counts in there any longer...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 22 2018, @02:28AM
I'm just curious: how did you reach this conclusion?
Also, your "conclusion" may also hinge on the assumption of "China is not part of the civilized world". Did you make this assumption along the way to your conclusion?
(not: I'm not saying I agree or disagree with your "conclusion" - more like an assertion - just asking how did you get to it).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by ilsa on Monday October 22 2018, @07:46PM (2 children)
I am SO stealing that... That's even better than President Cheeto.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @08:25PM (1 child)
Anyone who stoops to childish names instantly turns the rest of whatever they are going to say off for me. If you can't discuss anything without doing that, it might say more about you than the president you dislike so much that you have to insert ridiculous comments everywhere you go.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday October 24 2018, @02:21AM
Oh, *do* keep crying. A friend convinced me to go on a ketogenic diet and it's massively salt-wasting, so you would be doing me a real favor here by continuing to bawl your little baby eyes out.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...