Tag: Worldwide

Postal and Express Delivery Services in Trade Negotiations

Posted by | Dec 10, 2001 | |

Bernard Ascher, Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) presentation at WMEA01:
Postal and Express Delivery Services in Trade Negotiations
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
U.S. proposal on express delivery services (excludes postal delivery)
Services trade negotiations – opportunity to address the impediments faced by express delivery companies.
EC proposal calls for a re-classification of postal services, and treats express delivery as a sub-sector of postal services.
Proposals by Switzerland, Mercosur, Bolivia and New Zealand more or less follow the EC classifications and favor negotiations that incorporate postal services, not just express delivery
Proposal by Hong Kong-China focuses on logistics and related services, including maritime transport and express delivery.
These proposals are publicly available on the World Trade Organization Website:

U.S. and EC Definitions of Express Delivery Services
Competitive Status of Postal and Express Delivery Services
Conclusion – trade negotiations to create conditions favorable to economic growth by removing obstacles for the movement of goods

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Creating a Positive Environment – case histories from around the world

Posted by | Dec 10, 2001 | |

Creating a Positive Environment – case histories from around the world – presentation by Michael MacClancy, Triangle at WMEA01
The postal value chain
Case studies – Sweden, New Zealand, USA?, Germany
Conclusions: Protect the entrants rather than the incumbent!
Competition brings innovation
Worksharing generates another type of competition
The incumbent benefits from legal action
Identify your vision and make people aware of it
The threat is substitution!!!

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Selecting the right provider

Posted by | Dec 10, 2001 | |

Selecting the right provider – presentation by Juan Hidalgo, Uniktrans at WMEA01

Mailing services: International priority airmail and international surface airlift (USPS)
Private Sector mail delivery
Postal services of the Americas competing with the private sector
Summary
Americas postal services losing ground and market share fast
Major European postal administrations monopolosing the international mail market
Private & public synergies required
Cross border mail handling creating a free for all environment

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Managing the full customer range

Posted by | Dec 10, 2001 | |

Managing the full customer range – presentation by Mark Crego, Accenture at WMEA01.
View of postal CEOs on the key challenges facing their businesses
Summary case study of Correos/ Spanish Postal Service, Posti/Finland Postal Service & USPS

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Pos Malaysia to spend more

Posted by | Dec 8, 2001 | |

POS Malaysia Bhd will spend more next year to boost operations as it expects flat earnings growth for the current year ending Dec 31, 2001, hurt by a sluggish economy and increasingly popular e-mail.

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