Posted on 10/20/2019 3:42:04 AM PDT by cba123
Chinese diplomats in the US will have to notify American authorities before holding any meetings with US officials.
Official visits to "educational and research institutions", such as schools and universities, must also be pre-registered, the state department said.
China said the US was breaking international rules - but the US said American diplomats in China faced similar restrictions.
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From October 17th 2018
WHITE HOUSE - The United States formally moved on Wednesday to withdraw from one of the oldest international organizations in a bid to lower rates for foreign postal deliveries of small packages in the United States.
The formal notification, known as a letter of denunciation, to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is being sent by the State Department in response to what the administration of President Donald Trump views as an unfair advantage primarily for China, but also for such other countries as France and Germany, in online commerce.
The existing international postal system makes it cheaper to ship a package from China to America than from one side of the United States to the other.
"It creates huge costs to the U.S. postal system," which has to charge higher rates to American companies in a cross-subsidy, "so that costs jobs," according to a senior Trump administration official, speaking to reporters on a background briefing call.
The unfair international postal rates, according to the official, also are being used by China to ship counterfeit goods and narcotics, such as fentanyl, to the United States.
Don’t forget, as I’ve reminded you previously, the U.S. is no longer leaving the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
U.S. Will Remain in Postal Treaty After Emergency Talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/business/universal-postal-union-withdraw.html
Will these restricted movements include wineries and their hospitality facilities on the Central Coast?
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