.....and let me remind youthat the US will quit the International Postal Union on October17...after having given notice back on 10/17/18
The Trump administration also justified the UPU withdrawal as serving U.S. national security interests. Although the White House did not fully explain what those national security interests were, it implied that the advance electronic customs data would help the Department of Homeland Security better flag and detect high-risk shipments, specifically of packages containing illicit drugs from China. According to a Senate Homeland Security Committee report released in Jan. 2018, over $800 million of opioids were shipped over a two year period from China into the United States through USPS.
US to remain in international postal union after deal reached