Tag: Trade Governance

  • The Oversight Gap: Why Importers Need Independent Customs Governance

    The Oversight Gap: Why Importers Need Independent Customs Governance

    Introduction: Compliance Is Not the Same as Oversight There is a persistent misconception in the U.S. importing community that having a customs broker handle entry filings is equivalent to having a compliance program. It is not. Most U.S. importers are not willfully non-compliant. They are, however, operating without meaningful oversight of the customs processes executed…

  • G20 Summit in Johannesburg: Africa’s First Global Trade Governance Forum

    Historic Milestone: Africa Hosts Global Trade Leadership The G20 Summit in Johannesburg represents a watershed moment for global trade governance. With Africa hosting the group for the first time, the summit has shifted the focus of international trade discourse toward issues that African nations have long advocated for but struggled to have centered in developed-economy-dominated…