Trump has long argued that Amazon doesn’t pay the Postal Service enough, a charge the agency has fiercely contested. Trump has for years seized on the rates the Postal Service charges companies like Amazon to deliver packages. The Postal Service has rejected those accusations, arguing it is charging competitive rates in an environment where it squares off against UPS, FedEx and even Amazon’s growing delivery service. Many analysts warn that if the Postal Service did that, it would put itself at a massive disadvantage in the marketplace. Mnuchin rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to give the Postal Service a bailout amid the negotiations over that legislation.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2020 23:27 UTC