News / Strong calls to stamp out huge disparities in foreign mail delivery charges

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Despite its potential importance, few people are awaiting the meeting of the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Berne on Tuesday with bated breath. 

The agenda focuses on the issue of the postal remuneration systems, notably terminal dues, which cover compensation of postal agencies for deliveries in their territory of mail sent from other jurisdictions – a hot topic that could cripple the UPU.  

The fact that online merchants in China pay substantially lower rates for delivery of their goods in developed nations than their competitors based in ...