The United States Supreme Court rejected United Parcel Service Inc.'s appeal to compel the US postal service to increase the price of its parcels.

The judges, without comment Monday, left intact a decision of the Court of Appeal confirming the method used by the government to determine the price that the postal service may require for parcels. The rebuff is a victory for the online retailer Amazon.com Inc., which relies on the postal service for deliveries and has supported it in the legal proceedings.

UPS, which competes with the postal service in the parcel delivery sector, states that its competitor enjoys an unfair advantage, as the pricing method does not allow the actual cost of parcel delivery to be determined.

"The postal rates have waived Congress's requirement that the postal service be on a par with private companies for parcel delivery," UPS said in its appeal.

In the end, UPS can get some of what it looks for in other ways. A task force appointed by President Donald Trump recommends the postal service to increase package prices. Trump created the panel after repeatedly criticizing Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos.

In the Supreme Court, however, the Trump administration urged judges to leave the Post Office Regulatory Commission's calculation formula intact.

"The Congress intended to give the commission wide discretion to make highly technical and highly political decisions regarding the allocation of costs to specific products of the postal service," he said. # 39; administration.

The appeal asked the Supreme Court to overturn the so-called Chevron doctrine, which requires judges to exercise restraint towards the regulators for the interpretation of federal laws. The Trump administration and Amazon said the legal doctrine was not at the heart of the case.

The case is United Parcel Service v. Postal Regulatory Commission, 18-853.

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