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.

    • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      There the recipient apparently pays, but the formal recipient is a company in US. In other countries, it works so that when you’re getting a package, you are asked to pay the tariffs, and once that’s done, they receive the package.

      But USA now refuses this (except if it’s DHL, FedEx or UPS, which is a funny ruling), so instead, the country sending the shipment must collect the money and relay it to USA. But, USA refuses to tell them how much money they should be collecting, and it refuses to tell them where to send the money to. Big guys at DHL, FedEx and UPS probably know some specific people in the White House who have made this work out for them, but not all postal companies on this planet know people in the White House.

      • Sailor88@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        17 hours ago

        This is BS, FedEx, DHL, and UPS collect duties for other countries just like they do for the US tariffs

        • Tuukka R@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          21·
          17 hours ago

          Absolutely they do. But not all countries have systems in place for collecting the money in the sending country. I’ve had to pay customs duties for thing’s I’ve received in Finland, so clearly they were not paid in the sending country.

          But it’s also irrelevant that they they collect duties. Others would like to do the same, there just is no way to do it, for now. Later there probably will be, and then the deliveries will be continued.