From the Presidents Desk Daniels M. Heins President United Postmasters and Managers of America September 27, 2019 installment of "From the Presidents Desk" https://youtu.be/hOc9k99bDw8

The Universal Postal Union’s member nations agreed Sept. 25 to improve its payment system for the international exchange of Letter Post Packets. The international organization, also known as the UPU, has established a system that determines the amount a country will be paid for delivering international Letter Post products that originate in another country. This [...]

As delegates from 192 nations gather in Geneva Sept. 24 and 25 to determine the fate of global postal commerce, a compromise has been advanced to let the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) significantly increase the rates it charges foreign postal systems for processing foreign-origin parcels and mail. The proposal, if it passes muster, would keep [...]