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
    31·
    17 hours ago

    Many of the things (e.g. healthcare) that the US is laughed at by Europeans is partially because the US spends so much on things like military that Europe doesn’t because they have been relying on the US.

    Nah. USA uses more money per capita for healthcare than most European countries do. It’s not that USA doesn’t have money for healthcare. They just have elected to spend it in a different way than European countries have. Since they can pay their current more expensive system, they could also switch to the European system that costs less money.

    I don’t hate America. I just think USA is a country where people want to have politics that are not efficient and that it’s a country not fulfilling the basic reasons for why a country should exist in the first place. It’s a country where the individual is subservient to the system, and I don’t really like that idea. But that doesn’t mean I hate America. I just would not want to live the American way. And, although I am here in this echo chamber (which it is, indeed!), my colleagues and basically any person I meet here in Finland share’s my views on America, including USA.

    • Sailor88@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      17 hours ago

      Most governments suck in my opinion. I left the US a decade ago and spend a majority of my time in international waters and/or very easy going jurisdictions. I want nothing to do with governments.

      Arguing about which government is better is like who’s shit tastes better.