25 countries suspend postal services to U.S. over tariffs: UN

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/25-countries-suspend-postal-services-to-us-over-tariffs-un/

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  1. News snippet: At least 25 countries have decided to suspend package deliveries to the United States, as concern grows over the impact of 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.

  2. The government used to carefully plan such changes, work on developing clear rules and guidance, and announce them well in advance.

    But we have a toddler in charge who governs by whim.

  3. I have to assume that the majority of Republican voters don’t care at all. This is relatively minor compared to other things the US government has done in recent months.

  6. The funny thing is that even during world wars, you could send letters to enemy countries. Yes, it would take a long time and go through censors, but still.

  8. The problem isn’t the tariffs being imposed, this isn’t some protest, it’s the fact the US government hasn’t implemented the necessary framework, rules, and systems for the tariffs. Basically no one knows how they work, what paperwork is needed, or even who to pay!

    Trump basically did a Micheal Scott and ‘declared tariffs’ but then did nothing else and hey surprise, surprise, international shipping and finance is way more fucking complicated then that!

  9. I hope everyone that read history and felt superior living in such a progressive era and laughed at the stupidity of our ancestors is having a moment.

    The stupidity will never go away. The regulations, norms, and policies were put in place to prevent the stupidity from taking over.

    America will serve as an example of what happens when it does, apparently.

  10. This will absolutely destroy an unbelievable amount of small boutique businesses.

  11. Winning and winning, so much winning. We’re going to say stap Mr president, we’re sick and tired of winning. Inflation up, gas up, groceries up. Job growth non existent. Winning!

  13. We aren’t even set up to collect the tariffs on the packages, so we are telling other counties to do it for us??

  14. I literally stocked up on some imported goods from small sellers earlier this month, with a gut feeling this was going to happen. It really sucks that it actually came to pass.

    Hopefully it wont last long because that’s alot of commerce out the window.

  16. Welp, so much for cheap ivermectin from Australia.

    Thanks, you fuckin pedo worshipers!

    I hope you all burn in hell!

  17. Literally just had an eBay seller cancel my order over this today

  18. Honestly, this is one part of the economic apocalypse that’s getting underway that I didn’t foresee.

  19. Good. Thank you for some legit retaliation against my new overlords. Please piss off enough republicans so we can replace them.

  20. From the article: ‘From Friday, the UPU said the measures would require postal carriers delivering packages to the United States “to collect customs duties from senders in advance”, on behalf of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.’

    It sounds like the Trump admin has made a rule that carriers in another country have to collect US import taxes from the non-US exporting sender, who then has to pay that to CBP (rather than having the importer pay it as normal). That way the sender must raise the prices on the importer, so Trump can claim that the exporting countries pay the tariffs.

  22. What genuinely impressed me is how insidiously it’s done.

    The normal sane way would be for USPS to charge the tariffs when the package crosses the border, and charge it from the (American) importer. So Bob from Missourin imports something from Canada for $100, but there’s a 30% tariff now and no $800 de minimis exception (Trump signed that in late July to end in the end of August). So Bob gets the package, but now the package costs $130. And Bob goes “What the hell?!” and then he sees the 30% came from Trump’s tariff.

    But what they actually did was require every country to pay all these fees and remit them to the US, from their end! Which is why 25+ countries suspended postal services to USA, because many of them have no systems in place to do this. There are ways, but still. And even those able to ship, with no de minimis exception and high new tariffs, the prices all went up.

    So what it looks like to an American importer is completely different. Instead of ordering a $100 package from Canada, and getting hit with an additional $30 fee when he goes to pick it up, now Bob gets charged $130 outright by the Canadian seller. To cover the tariff. The seller doesn’t make any more money, that extra $30 gets remitted to the US government. But to Bob it looks like everyone (25+ countries) are suddenly either boycotting the USA, or gouging them in prices. Meaning other countries suddenly look “greedy”. Meanwhile it’s the US gov, Trump, that’s doing it to them. Not all these other countries. But would an average American, like Bob, be aware of that? Especially if Bob is a Republican? Unlikely.

    So this is actually impressively done, in how underhanded and deceptive and insidious it all is. How divisive.

    And Americans WILL notice. Because, this week, dozens of countries started to de facto boycott selling to USA. Stuff you could buy last week is currently unavailable to USA. In many ways, USA just became civilized Western world’s North Korea or Iran. And it did it to itself. There’s plenty of things Americans import, whether they’re aware of it or not. Plenty of things that are not, or even can not, be made in USA. There’s going to be no more of that being sent by USA right now, and those that are sent will be insanely overpriced compared to what they were a week ago. I used a 30% tariff as an example, but you gotta remember some things, some countries, are taxed much higher than that. And that’s on top of other taxes and customs brokerage you’d need to pay as per regular.

    This is basically starting this Friday. And many companies already stopped shipping last Friday or sent out last batches this Monday. After that, no more is coming. And I feel with 25 major European countries doing this, Americans WILL notice. Whether they will have the capacity to understand what happened, how, and why, and put blame where it belongs, that’s another story.

    I think millions of Americans are about to realize just how much of the stuff they want or need was imported. Or how much of it was made with things that were imported. And how much extra everything is about to start costing. And the best part is, even if Trump chickens out and rescinds these changes, plenty of companies will hang on to the new pricing structure, because the damage, the shock, is already done. Might as well benefit now. So, in this economy, Americans are about to be fleeced even more than they were just weeks ago.

  23. No international shipping from Europe, India, Australia, and Japan. Look what Biden did! 😂

  24. I was about to buy something today from Vietnam. Stopped myself, as I have no idea if it get it. Or if I’d have to pay a ding dong fee.

  25. Small businesses where I live have been on the news announcing that they are being forced to shut down due to either it being impossible to get products, or way too expensive. *Please* keep it up so maybe people will wake up and want actual change.

  27. Just to add awareness to another impact this decision has is with medications being shipped from overseas. I live in the US and simply cannot afford my medication and my insurance won’t cover it, we’re talking over $5k a month for 30 pills. The previous 2 years I’ve ordered them from overseas, with only a couple of import/FDA issues. Yesterday, we were told this country can no longer ship to US. I have no idea what I can do to obtain this life changing medication. This is another direct result from these policies.

  30. The International Postal Treaty is one of the most successful international agreements in human history.

    And the Mangomaniac is burning it down.

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