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.

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    My argument is to remove your self imposed limit of “regular postal system”

    Which is a weird thing to repeatedly argue in the thread of a story about the regular postal system.

    You seem to be arguing from a point of orange man is bad and trade should be free (except for US businesses).

    Now you’re just inventing things in your own imagination. Neither I nor anyone else in this thread has suggested that the US doesn’t have the right to modify its own tariffs, and yet you keep imagining that we are in order to keep fuelling whatever it is you’re trying to push. I’m sorry you had difficulty with your own little importing issue, but you’ve picked the wrong thread to grind your axe about it.

    • Sailor88@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      20 hours ago

      I’m sorry your business isn’t agile enough to deal with your logistics issues. Perhaps you can find a market in your home country. 🤷🏻

      This shipping limitation is exaggerated. How many people commenting here with the sky is falling are actually impacted in a way that can’t be corrected?