Trump Seeks to Reduce Counterfeiting Enabled by Universal Postal Union

Trump Seeks to Reduce Counterfeiting Enabled by Universal Postal Union
A woman unloads a USPS truck in Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 26, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Emel Akan
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WASHINGTON—U.S. companies fighting Chinese knockoffs have cheered President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an agency that governs international postal rates.

A small business owner from New Jersey is confident that the move will eliminate over 90 percent of the counterfeit problem he faces.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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