An account of
how couriers and express companies used legislative advocacy, litigation, public relations, public
affairs, and scholastic appeal to encourage regulatory reforms in the United States, Europe, and
intergovernmental organizations during the last quarter of the twentieth century, opening the way for
development of global delivery services integrating both private carriers and leading public post
offices. Nine public policy issues are described: U.S. postal monopoly and couriers, international
excess baggage rights, U.S. customs restrictions, European postal monopolies, international customs
reform (Customs Cooperation Council), international remail, European postal reform, U.S. postal
reform, and reform of the Universal Postal Union. In each case, a summary of the course of events is
followed by copies of major policy presentations from the period. An introductory chapter provides a
brief account of the evolution of international delivery services sector and pertinent legal regimes.