The battle for the lucrative US air-express market is attracting giant
foreign
competitors with government backing, notably Deutsche Post’s DHL Airways and
TNT
Post Group’s TNT International Express USA; trade groups lobby for protection
International comparison of postal markets for Germany, France, The Netherlands and Sweden.
Read MoreMarch 28, 2001 — The German government has decided to extend Deutsche Post AG’s lucrative domestic letter monopoly by five years through the end of 2007, waiting until European Union regulations for postal markets are established. The monopoly on the delivery of letters and catalogues was scheduled to run out at the end of 2002. According to government spokesman Uwe-Karsten Heye, however, Germany wanted to wait for European-wide legislation on the postal markets before allowing Germany to open up.
Read MoreOn
March 20th, competition officials in the European Commission (EC) enjoyed a
rare moment of satisfaction when their boss, Mario Monti, announced the
findings of a lengthy inquiry into the group’s business practices.
In a decision sure to be closely scrutinized in Canada, the German
post service was ordered yesterday to pay a fine of US$21.7-million
for using profit from its mail monopoly to price competitors out of
the parcel-delivery market.
The predatory pricing ruling was prompted by a complaint by United
Parcel Service Inc., which is mounting a similar challenge against
the federal government in connection with Canada Post.
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