An article in the Wall Street Journal (October 17, 2018) titled “No More Mail Privilege for China as U.S. to end deep discounts in packages” describes the classification of China as a “tier 3” country while the U.S. is a “tier 1” country, thus permitting subsidized postal rates, from 40% to 70% reduced rates, from China to the U.S. These shipments are small packages, weighing 4.4 lbs or less,from auto parts to jewelry to housewares. Does this one way subsidy provide an unfair advantage to Chinese companies over the US or a reduction in supply costs for users of these products ? Will making the transport costs symmetric in both directions result in fairer supply chain flows ? Should similar actions be taken with Singapore and other countries too ?