[Nhcoll-l] US withdrawal from UPU

[Doug Yanega]

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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