{"id":15727,"date":"2019-09-25T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtoninstitute.org\/?post_type=in-the-news&#038;p=15727"},"modified":"2019-09-26T11:14:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:14:12","slug":"u-s-to-stay-in-universal-postal-union-from-freightwaves","status":"publish","type":"in-the-news","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/in-the-news\/u-s-to-stay-in-universal-postal-union-from-freightwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. To Stay In Universal Postal Union (From FreightWaves)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington Institute\u2019s Paul Steidler comments for an article by Mark Solomon in FreightWaves about changes made to the Universal Postal Union. Delegates at the UPU approved measures to allow the U.S. Postal Service to raise international postal rates, instead of maintaining the \u201cterminal dues\u201d system which benefited countries like China with favorable rates. \u201cThe ideal scenario would have been a uniform move to self-declared rates sooner rather than later, \u2018but today\u2019s action works well, especially over the coming years for the U.S.,\u2019\u201d said Steidler.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/usps-to-hike-international-postal-rates-after-postal-group-vote\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article also appeared in:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/us-stay-universal-postal-union-210257995.html\">Yahoo! Finance<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington Institute\u2019s Paul Steidler comments for an article by Mark Solomon in FreightWaves about changes made to the Universal Postal Union. Delegates at the UPU approved measures to allow the U.S. Postal Service to raise international postal rates, instead of maintaining the \u201cterminal dues\u201d system which benefited countries like China with favorable rates. \u201cThe ideal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S. To Stay In Universal Postal Union (From FreightWaves) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/in-the-news\/u-s-to-stay-in-universal-postal-union-from-freightwaves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. To Stay In Universal Postal Union (From FreightWaves) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lexington Institute\u2019s Paul Steidler comments for an article by Mark Solomon in FreightWaves about changes made to the Universal Postal Union. 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