CBP posted links to several power point presentations made during the C-TPAT conference in Washington Jan. 8-10. While some of the links weren't working as of press time, the presentations posted were:
CBP and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) signed a Joint Work Plan Jan. 17 that allows work toward mutual recognition of the two countries’ Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs. The work plan establishes a pathway to signing a mutual recognition agreement between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the SAT’s New Certified Companies Scheme (NEEC). The plan, expected to be implemented in two years, was signed by CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar and SAT Director Aristóteles Nuñez Sánchez, said CBP.
Lauren Kaufer, previously acting director of CBP’s personnel security division in the Office of Internal Affairs, was chosen as Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program director.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
Government/industry cooperation and communications is the key to efficiently manage strategic cross-border issues in a way that reduces the cost of doing business, according to a document on Draft Master Principles for a One U.S. Government at the Border Cooperation, drafted by the COAC One U.S. Government at the Border Subcommittee.
Jan. 8 USA-ITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
Jan. 8 USA-ITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
Jan. 8 USA-ITA Seminar on Retailing in China, noon, PwC, 300 Madison Avenue, New York -- http://www.usaita.com/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=141&reset=1&id=34
The recent list of accomplishments as part of the U.S.-Canada "Beyond the Border" action plan points to good work by both governments in improving trade processing between the countries, said the Express Association of America (EAA) in a statement. “The progress we see on implementing the Beyond the Border Action Plan is very encouraging,” said Michael Mullen, Executive Director of the EAA. “The agreement has very ambitious deadlines for establishing new trade facilitation measures, but both Governments are fully engaged in meeting the targets."
The U.S. economy “has been marked by slow but steady recovery and some rebalancing since the last Review,” said the World Trade Organization in its trade policy review of the U.S. “Merchandise and services trade figures have rebounded significantly since the 2009 financial crisis and have now reached new peak levels, surpassing previous 2008 peak levels,” it said. While import policy has remained “relatively static” since the last WTO review in 2010, the U.S. has launched several export initiatives, including the National Export Initiative, and Export Control Reform. Preferential trade and Free Trade Agreements account for a large and growing share of U.S. trade, the report said.