Officials Discuss WCO Tools During Workshop at CBP Headquarters

Representatives from the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a workshop on their instruments such as the Economic Competitiveness Package and the Revised Kyoto Convention, during a workshop at CBP headquarters, WCO said. Other topics included the WCO’s SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, “a unique international instrument which has ushered in a safer world trade regime and heralded a new approach to the end-to-end management of goods moving across borders while recognizing the significance of a closer partnership between Customs and business.” WCO said participants also discussed efforts to promote establishing the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs, businesses validated by customs authorities to “engage in a self-assessment process measured against predetermined security standards and best practices to ensure that their internal policies and procedures provide adequate safeguards against compromise of their supply chains until cargo is released” from customs at the destination.