[Nhcoll-l] US withdrawal from UPU

[Rob Robins]

The "Planet Money" podcast episode linked below may prove informative to those with an interest in proposed changes to the Universal Postal Union treaty.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/08/01/634737852/episode-857-the-postal-illuminati


Rob

Robert H. Robins
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Division of Ichthyology

Florida Museum of Natural History
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Doug Yanega
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:37 PM
To: nhcoll <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] US withdrawal from UPU

Some of you may have heard that the US government has announced, less than a week ago, its intention to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaty, after over 140 years. This treaty gives discounted shipping rates on small parcels into the US, from over 150 countries. 
Does anyone here know - for certain - whether this would affect the cost of international shipments of specimens into the US, and if so, what sort of increase in cost would it entail? The coverage of this news item in the US media is hopelessly narrow in its focus, and it's almost impossible to tell what effect, if any, this would have on specimen shipments.

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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