Decades ago, the U.S. entered into a global agreement created by the Universal Postal Union, a U.N. agency that sets postal rates for delivering letters and packages around the world.
Its terms are easy enough to understand in their basic structure. If a person or company sends a letter or package from Norway to the United States, the Norwegian Postal service will handle the leg from Norway to the United States, with the U.S. postal service taking responsibility for shipping it to its final destination. The UPU sets the rates for both legs of the shipment.
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