(The Hill) -- Postal deliveries from around the world to the United States have plummeted by 80 percent since President Donald Trump lifted the “de minimis” exception that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs, a United Nations body has found.

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a U.N. agency that works on global postal cooperation, said postal traffic had gone down 80 percent to the U.S. since Aug. 29, when the rule went into effect.

The group said it would be working to get more packages to go to the United States by developing a technical solution that could help ensure required duties are collected. One reason for the huge drop in traffic is that the duties on the low-valued packages had to be collected by new parties. Air carriers did not want to bear t

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