No More Cheap Shipping for Chinese Sellers
>The administration has given the UPU an ultimatum, that they: either allow the USPS to set rates <i>for China mail</i> that arrives in the U.S., or the U.S. will officially leave the UPU on October 17th.<p>(Emphasis mine)<p>why "for China mail" ?<p>why not "no exceptions: all over the planet everybody pays the same local rates, or else we leave the UPU" ?<p>This smells like hidden import taxation, but I hope I am wrong. But then why insist on phrasing the ultimatum with referene to "for China mail" specifically ?<p>EDIT: adding another gem:<p>>Global Supply Chain News: After Three Years of Secrecy, Amazon Starting to Ramp Up Global Logistics Services<p>>they are actively looking to compete in the shipping industry<p>...<p>>The project’s name: Dragon Boat.<p>>As part of that strategy, Bloomberg reported Amazon had plans to take on freight forwarding and brokerage services directly, eliminating a set of middlemen.<p>>...<p>>Among the most important ramifications from Amazon’s vision: small Chinese manufacturer will be able sell to American consumers with no one else than Amazon between them.<p>So if an American company (in this case Amazon), will perform transport within China, does that mean that reciprocally, Chinese companies can also become a mail service in the US? They could be paid a low wage, and eat cheap food that is shipped internally. Is this really about balancing trade or about big corporations doing to mail, what they did with manufacture: export jobs to China for increased profit?