President Donald Trump’s muscular approach to China has delivered a victory as Beijing and other developing countries agreed to pay more to send parcels to the US.
Washington had threatened to quit the UN’s postal body because its rules forced the US to charge much less for shipments from developing countries than for domestic post. Cheap postage, particularly from China, had led to a flood of imports into the US and put domestic importers of goods such as lightbulbs and phone chargers at a disadvantage, the US believes.
The 192 countries of the Universal Postal Union on Wednesday bowed to the US demand that it should be allowed to recover more of the costs of parcel delivery.