The Trump administration wants foreign companies to pay more to ship small packages through the U.S. Postal Service.
The president says some international mailing practices don't align with America's "economic and national security interests," so the State Department says a delegation will push for updated rates.
The president's referring to a long-standing deal between USPS and foreign mailers to ship packages to the U.S. at low rates. That can make it cheaper to send a package across the ocean than across the country. U.S. private mail carriers say that deal undercuts their ability to deliver those packages.
President Trump ordered a report on the issue by Nov. 1. The State Department said it would also push foreign mailers to pay for methods to detect whether packages contain illicit materials like opioids.
