The bulk of the changes would apply to letters and packages, under 4.4 lbs., sent internationally. The UPU convened an 'extraordinary Congress' this week to address the US's proposals or risk its withdrawal-and a full-scale disruption of the global mail system. To effect the changes as soon as possible, the White House triggered a one-year withdrawal process in late 2018. 'Donald Trump is taking action to address this disparity, which costs the USPS and American consumers millions of dollars each year,' Navarro wrote in the Financial Times this month. Peter Navarro, leading the White House delegation in Geneva, says that a higher barrier to entry would shift demand from cheap goods produced in and subsidized by China to higher-quality goods produced in the US. The White House has been pushing to raise-or, in postal jargon, 'self-declare'-the rate it charges other countries to deliver their packages. Jean-Paul Forceville, the chief negotiator for France's La Poste, told CNBC earlier that the probability was 'pretty high' that a compromise would be reached this week to reform the 144 year-old organization along some of the lines the United States has proposed. 'Mailers and shippers will see no interruption in service through the critical holiday season and beyond.

'By remaining in the UPU, the United States retains its important leadership role in the global postal system,' says Kate Muth, executive director of International Mailers Advisory Group, which includes Amazon and eBay. Personal Loans for 670 Credit Score or Lower Personal Loans for 580 Credit Score or Lower Best Debt Consolidation Loans for Bad Credit

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