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I recommend Episode #857 of Planet Money, which talks about how postal rates are set by the UPU, and the impact on e-commerce. https://www.npr.org/sections/mon

• baybal2 7y ago
  This is not all to postal rate. Even parcels not subject to UPU subsidies go at relatively low rate in China.
• codedokode 7y ago
  I think that they might be making wrong conclusions. For example, they say that USPS is losing 80 millions dollars on delivery from abroad. But USPS is delivering letters and goods to Americans, so you should also count how much they save on getting cheaper goods, how much they save because prices lower due to competition, and maybe the total balance would be in favour of Americans. Also, they mention that the last mile delivery is expensive, but often goods are delivered only to the post office, not to the customer's door so the expenses are not that high.