Postal Services Vent About New US Parcel Regime: Supply Lines

It’s almost like Davos for the world’s postal carriers.

Except instead of providing a forum for elites to debate the world’s economic challenges, the 28th Universal Postal Congress that kicked off this week in Dubai is tackling one of the more riveting topics in an era of rising protectionism: the future of e-commerce and other types of trade shipped by mail.

US inbound packages from postal agencies around the world remain severely restricted since the world’s largest economy on Aug. 29 ended its de minimis exemption — a customs rule that for almost a decade allowed goods valued at less than ...