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    UPU rates vote still leaves issue of under-reporting of duties by Chinese retailers

    2019-09-26T12:05:31Z

    President Trump’s success in winning higher rates for e-commerce packages entering the US postal delivery system still leaves open courier industry concerns about Chinese retailers using postal services to under-report duties.UK courier company ParcelHero welcomed the vote by the member countries of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to approve a ...

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    Trump wins vote to set higher inbound US package rates

    2019-09-26T09:11:21Z

    President Trump has won his battle for the US Postal Service (USPS) to be paid higher rates for inbound international packages entering the US domestic postal system, in a moved aimed primarily at e-commerce consignments from China.Some analysts have suggested that US inbound package rates could rise by up to ...

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    Row over subsidised e-commerce packages into the US faces crunch vote

    2019-09-24T10:01:39Z

    A row about subsidised e-commerce packages may see US postal rates soar by up to 300% if a compromise cannot be reached tomorrow at a key vote of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).In August 2018, President Trump said that the US Postal Service (USPS) would quit the rate-setting UPU on ...