US campaign against China is heating up on all fronts

NOTHING, it seems, is being overlooked in America's trade and strategic confrontation with China. So last week, the Trump administration decided to pull out of the Universal Postal Union - a UN agency that sets the rules for international postal exchange such as the fees that a country can charge for delivering shipments from foreign carriers.

Washington says favourable rates for developing countries have let members such as China flood the US with goods, pu…