Editing Universal Postal Union (section)

=== Shifting balances and the United States ===

In 2010, the United States was a net sender because it was mailing goods to other countries. That year, the [[United States Postal Service]] made a $275 million surplus on international mail.<ref name="planetmoney2018">{{cite news |title=The Postal Illuminati |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=634732388 |work=Planet Money |agency=National Public Radio |issue=857 |date=1 August 2018 |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726002742/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=634732388 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the UPU system was only available to state-run postal services. Low terminal dues gave the United States Postal Service an advantage over private postal services such as [[DHL]] and [[FedEx]]. To protect its profits on sending international mail, the United States voted with the developing countries to keep terminal dues low. They were opposed by the [[Deutsche Post|German Post]] and the [[Posten Norge|Norwegian Post]], which wanted to increase terminal dues.<ref name="morris2017"/>

However, the low terminal dues backfired on the United States due to shifts in mail flows. With the growth of [[e-commerce]], the United States began to import more goods through the mail. In 2015, the United States Postal Service made a net deficit on international mail for the first time. The deficits increased to $80 million in 2017.<ref name="planetmoney2018"/> The UPU established a new remuneration system in 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/member-countries-adopt-new-terminal-dues-system/ |title=Member countries adopt new terminal dues system |website=news.upu.int |access-date=29 September 2017 |archive-date=23 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423063300/http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/member-countries-adopt-new-terminal-dues-system/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> a move that the [[United States Department of State]] said would "dramatically improv[e] USPS's cost coverage for the delivery of ... packets from China and other developing countries." However, the Chairman of the [[Postal Regulatory Commission]] disagreed.<ref name="gao2017"/>