At least 25 countries have decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs, a UN body said Tuesday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35098148

At least 25 countries have decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs, a UN body said Tuesday.

The Trump administration said late last month that it will abolish a tax exemption on small packages entering the United States from August 29.

The move has sparked a flurry of announcements from postal services, including in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, India, Australia and Japan, that most U.S.-bound packages would no longer be accepted.

The United Nations’ Universal Postal Union said it had already been advised by 25 member countries that their postal operators “have suspended their outbound postal services to the U.S., citing uncertainties specifically related to transit services”.

It said the suspensions will remain in place until there is more clarity on how U.S. authorities plan to implement the announced measures.

The UPU did not provide a list of postal services it had heard from.

  • Paddzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    1 day ago

    Nonsense. People don’t want to pay. We had US customers refuse duties.

    What really happened, the minimis has been removed, now everything has duties attached while before it was things over 800 dollars. No business is just going to “eat that cost”. It’s all being passed down. Express couriers will make it paid up front so most won’t notice it there… But cheap services? Customer has to pay it themselves. It’s all lack of understanding.

    While the cheap service might be 10 dollars, you got to pay 50 dollars in duties in a weeks time. Vs say the 75 dollars express with duties baked in.

    But US folk are kept in the dark about it. So they simply don’t understand how it works.

    • baru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 day ago

      How would a foreign country collect this in behalf of the US? No system has been setup for this by the US.

      EU, UK and others have systems in place to make this possible. The US hasn’t.

      • Paddzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Unless UPS/DHL have been just pocketing our money, this money is being passed somewhere…

        Its not part of my job HOW it’s paid, but it is figuring out HOW MUCH is being paid. And I can tell you, it is happening for these two couriers. Feel free to share your professional experience, if you have any.