Return to sender: Postal union warns of fallout if US leaves--Trump wants to pull out of treaty....

[riversedge]

lordy. what next!!!


Return to sender: Postal union warns of fallout if US leaves


https://apnews.com/badb57249a3b4fc0a93f7c075b8392ea


By JAMEY KEATENOctober 19, 2018

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters at the State Department in Washington. No international letters, no international packages: A top official with a 192-country postal union says that's what Americans can expect if the Trump administration goes through with plans to pull of an international postal treaty over concerns about China. Pascal Clivaz, deputy director-general of the Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union, said on Friday, Oct. 19 the agency reached out quickly to U.S. officials after receiving a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week announcing Washington's plan to pull out of the union in a year if the treaty isn't renegotiated. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)

GENEVA (AP) — No international letters, no international packages: A top official with a 192-country postal union says that’s what Americans can expect if the Trump administration goes through with plans to pull out of an international postal treaty over concerns about China.

Pascal Clivaz, deputy director-general of the Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union, says the agency reached out quickly to U.S. officials after receiving a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week announcing Washington’s plan to pull out of the union in a year if the treaty isn’t renegotiated.

The U.S. says it’s willing to renegotiate. But the threat is the latest sign of U.S. President Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach to many issues, from the environment to trade to the Iran nuclear deal.

“It will have dramatic consequences for American consumers. It will cost them enormously. They will be all alone against all the countries of the world,” Clivaz told The Associated Press on Friday. “They won’t even be able to send (a package) to a neighboring country. It’s an accord that links everybody.”...........................

[dhol82]

1. Oh, FFS!

Can these idiots fuck up anything else?

[dalton99a]

2. Idiocy of galactic proportions

[gopiscrap]

3. This shows the ignorance of these fucking repukes

[MiniMe]

4. I didn't even hear about pulling out of the postal agreement

But it isn't surprising giving our idiot in chief

[SHRED]

5. Private carrier UPS is thrilled

Of course

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Not so; this would affect private shippers as well.

A U.S. pullout from the 144-year-old organization, a specialized U.N. agency, would strip it from access to special codes needed to send and receive mail internationally, Clivaz said. Any U.S. companies that need them — like FedEx or UPS — would lose access too, he said.

"This agreement regulates all the issues: technical problems, customs issues, security issues. Without the codes, without this green light, you can't move a single letter or package," he said

. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-10-20/us-would-lose-international-mail-if-it-pulls-out-postal-treaty.html

[vlyons]

6. Thanks Donnie Dim-wit

Thanks for trashing another institution.

[bobbieinok]

8. Is there any attempt to make US consumers aware of these results?