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by trobertson
910 days ago
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It's due to the Universal Postal Union, which is a UN agreement that governs the costs and subsidies associated with international shipping. The link below explains it well, but the gist is that China was rated to be a "poor" nation, whereas the USA was rated to be a "rich" nation. This rating essentially means that the USA is subsidizing packages shipped from China to the USA. Trump (in a rare moment of not being an idiot) threatened to withdraw from the agreement over the subsidies. He didn't, but the agreement did get amended, and packages from China will start becoming less subsidized (more expensive) by 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union#2019_Ex... |
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