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Cattledog

(5,916 posts)
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 05:55 PM Oct 2018

US to pull out of international postal treaty.

GENEVA (AP) — No international letters, no international packages: A top official with a 192-country postal union says that’s what Americans can expect if the Trump administration goes through with plans to pull out of an international postal treaty over concerns about China.

Pascal Clivaz, deputy director-general of the Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union, says the agency reached out quickly to U.S. officials after receiving a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week announcing Washington’s plan to pull out of the union in a year if the treaty isn’t renegotiated.

The U.S. says it’s willing to renegotiate. But the threat is the latest sign of U.S. President Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach to many issues, from the environment to trade to the Iran nuclear deal.

“It will have dramatic consequences for American consumers. It will cost them enormously. They will be all alone against all the countries of the world,” Clivaz told The Associated Press on Friday. “They won’t even be able to send (a package) to a neighboring country. It’s an accord that links everybody.”

https://apnews.com/badb57249a3b4fc0a93f7c075b8392ea?fbclid=IwAR1xh9v-avGvBB1oh-Bro-e8KmoS5c6Fn1kmZsrSuQoR4IOEWq4DiXXOt0A

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US to pull out of international postal treaty. (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2018 OP
Drumpt wants America isolated and hearing only his voice. This is another example. kairos12 Oct 2018 #1
America first is becoming America alone. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 #2
And that's the ultimate goal of the billionaire class. Initech Oct 2018 #14
Orders from Putin. For real, actual orders from Putin. Wake up America. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2018 #3
I know. violetpastille Oct 2018 #7
Even when all they have to do is nothing, they still find a way to fuck that up. In It to Win It Oct 2018 #4
I swear I thought this would be satire. GreatCaesarsGhost Oct 2018 #5
Just great. MontanaMama Oct 2018 #6
as trump tells the world to fuck off in our behalf spanone Oct 2018 #8
Is this something that requires the authorization of Congress? In It to Win It Oct 2018 #9
What fresh hell is this? Hekate Oct 2018 #10
Support the troops! Lars39 Oct 2018 #11
The first component of a tyrant is isolation. Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #12
Funny, it's one of the hallmarks of a narcissistic abuser as well. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #13

Initech

(100,081 posts)
14. And that's the ultimate goal of the billionaire class.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 07:16 PM
Oct 2018

They're isolated and alone, so therefore the whole country must be isolated and alone. God damn them.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)
7. I know.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:24 PM
Oct 2018

I've been feeling this since January 2018. It's been harder and more expensive to ship internationally via USPS.

Now the possibility that it will be impossible?

What do you suggest as countermeasure on an individual level?

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
6. Just great.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:20 PM
Oct 2018

USPS is the only way I can ship the product we manufacture at our family business to customers that live outside of North America. Everything that tRump touches turns to shit. No exceptions.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
12. The first component of a tyrant is isolation.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 06:54 PM
Oct 2018

tRump is isolating the U.S. so that he can exercise control without interference.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. Funny, it's one of the hallmarks of a narcissistic abuser as well.
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 07:07 PM
Oct 2018

Will this only affect the postal service or will this affect courier services like FedEx, UPS and others? If so, businesses aren't going to be too thrilled about this.

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