Trump's trade hawks dial up China pressure with postal threat

Beijing 'regrets' latest US move against multilateral body

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Packages roll through a New York City post office. The Trump administration says international rates under a 144-year-old postal treaty give Chinese shippers an unfair advantage.

TAISEI HOYAMA, NIKKI SUN and COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG -- The Trump administration has opened a new front in the trade war by threatening to withdraw from a global postal agreement, prompting China to blast what it sees as a pattern of American rejection of international cooperation.

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