1. The Chinese items that are cheaply shipped here via eBay are due to eBay misusing a 1969 amendment to the UPU. This was intended to help poor countries to export goods by having more developed countries give them discounted postal rates. China was not a developing country in 2010 when eBay signed an agreement between itself, USPS & China Post to allow for Chinese vendors on eBay to cheaply send their items to the U.S.
The public was told USPS would make money off these Chinese packages. THAT WAS A LIE! USPS lost money on every one. Other companies soon copied eBay. By the time Trump is able to end this abuse by withdrawing completely from the UPU eBay and other companies will have cost USPS at least $3 billion in loses
By buying from China who are bankrupting USPS! How do you think USPS makes up for these loses? They raise all their other rates!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-made-the-right-call-to-withdraw-from-the-universal-pos...
2. These packages from China have very lax inspections! They pose a potential risk as a weapon for terrorists, including government sponsored terrorism. These packages can weigh up to 4.4 pounds and are treated like 1st Class Mail within the U.S. They could contain dangerous substances such as drugs, biological weapons or chemical weapons. No need for North Korea to develop a long range missile - they can instead smuggle a small amount of nerve gas in one of these packages into the U.S. via China.
3. Google China for dangerous products. They've produced thousands of dangerous products ranging form drywall to pet food. Guess who still makes asbestos laden products?
I've saw some Chinese USB cables in DollarTree several years ago. The packages actually said you needed to wash your hands after handling them as they might contain lead. Those are dangerous and they made it past a store's U.S. buyers. You are dealing direct with Chinese companies who have repeatedly shown they have no qualms about violating safety regulations!
The company you are dealing with is: (a) actually owned by the Chinese government; (b) owned by former and current Communist party political and military leaders' or (c) a private company which must do anything the Chinese government says, including sharing any information they may know about you. Why would you want to financially reward any of these companies?
4. There are an estimated 800,000 to 1 million Chinese ethnic Uyghurs, who are primarily follows of Islam, in government concentration camps, some of which are equipped with crematories to get rid of the dead bodies. How do think China paid for this and its other police state actions? From the goods it sells!
5. You are contributing to pollution due to lax Chinese environmental practices that kills tens of thousands of people in China each year.
6. Are virtual slaves making your items? Watch the film China Blue. Its about two underage girls who venture from the countryside to sew jeans in a city factory in an attempt for a better life. They are paid pennies an hour.
