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88 postal operators worldwide suspend shipment to US over tariffs: UN

The UN body, which coordinates postal cooperation among member states, said on Saturday that 88 postal operators worldwide had either halted or curtailed deliveries to the US in response to the new trade measures.

Postal traffic to the United States plunged more than 80 percent following Washington’s imposition of new tariffs, with 88 operators worldwide fully or partially suspending services, the Universal Postal Union said Saturday.

The UPU, the United Nations’ postal cooperation agency, is working on “the rapid development of a new technical solution that will help get mail moving to the United States again”, its director general Masahiko Metoki said in a statement.

With inputs from agencies

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