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UPU delegates reject Trump mail demand

The U.N. postal agency opened its Extraordinary Congress with a vote to reject the Trump administration's demand that it overhaul international delivery rates.

Trump trade envoy Peter Navarro at the White House
Trump trade envoy Peter Navarro, seated far right, leader of a U.S. delegation to the UPU in Geneva this week, at the White House in late June (AN/Shealah Craighead)

GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. postal agency opened the third Extraordinary Congress in its nearly 145-year history on Tuesday with a vote to reject a demand by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration that it overhaul international delivery rates.

The 78-57 vote to reject "Option B," with 9 nations abstaining, came on the first day of the Universal Postal Union's three-day Congress. Others among the approximately 150 countries represented did not participate in the secret ballot, according to a statement from UPU.

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