Time to stop subsidizing their shipping.
E.g. per [0]:
> As Amazon’s Vice President of Global Policy Paul Misener pointed out:
> “The cost to ship a one-pound package from South Carolina to New York City would run nearly $6; from Beijing to NYC: $3.66.”
> While sending that same one-pound package from New York City back to Beijing via USPS International Mail would cost in the ballpark of $50.
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-...
Ali has their own Cainiao. The big companies realized if they do the Amazon model and build their own logistics network for cross-Pacific sea/air freight, the long-term savings are huge.
Even within the US, Amazon already has planes, trains, and automobiles. Why pay USPS and be at the mercy of government bureaucracy when you own your own integrated logistics stack.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/key-trade-l...