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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: 3, Disagree) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 21 2018, @10:04PM (2 children)
Most Americans would be better off dropping out their freshman year of high school. There is little to nothing of any practical use taught there for those who don't plan on continuing on to college, so four years spent gaining work experience or learning a trade would vastly improve their lives by comparison.
Also, apostrophes come way before high school.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @06:26PM (1 child)
Ah yes, who needs to learn about the history of their own country, the government structure, ethics and philosophy. Who needs to improve their critical reading/writing skills? Who needs to learn advanced math, what a waste you'll never use it in your daily life!
God DAMN you are the meat-head equivalent of tech.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 23 2018, @01:40AM
You say it with scorn but everything you noted is of little to no practical use to the average American except for the first two, which are taught before high school. Ethics and philosophy can be picked up just as well in church or with your drunken buddies, just like the fathers of ethics and philosophy came up with them in the first place.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.