“The European Commission announced it is proposing to extend the current VAT-system that applies for EU-intra-cross border services, the MOSS, to import and supply of E-commerce shipments. It also intends to dissolve the tax-exemption at import for shipments with a value of up to € 22, as this places regular retailers in the EU at […]
Capacity Building has become one of the most important subjects in Trade Facilitation with the recent entry into force of the landmark WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, commonly known as the TFA. The 8th session of the World Customs Organization’s Capacity Building Committee, WCO CBC, was held on the premises of the WCO from 7-9 March, […]
Capacity Building has become one of the most important subjects in Trade Facilitation, with the recent entry into force of the landmark WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, commonly known as the TFA. The 8th session of the World Customs Organization’s Capacity Building Committee, WCO CBC, was held on the premises of the WCO from 7-9 March, […]
Global supply chains seem to offer almost unlimited opportunities for innovation: new cost-effective and ecological transport technologies would have a major socio-economic impact, new IT and Internet of things technologies seem to be on the verge of breakthrough and aligning processes across organizations could streamline processes considerably. We would just need to launch these new, […]
The Supply Chain Risk Management, SCRM, Consortium was born out of an MBA classroom setting at Lehigh University, back in 2011, while exploring the impact of supply chain disruptions on global supply chains. Founded by Gregory L. Schlegel, CPIM, CSP, Jonah, Executive-in-Residence at Lehigh University and Adjunct Professor of ERM at Villanova University, the Consortium […]
Effective and efficient border management brings wide benefits for international trade as well as for border control agencies – this has been discussed in multiple CBRA Blogs and Interviews in the past. Benefits like increased speed, cost-efficiency, and time-certainty of cross-border logistics can be and already are measured by trading companies and in some cases […]
About 300 delegates from all over the world braved the frosty outdoor temperatures in Geneva in late January to attend the first International Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees at the United Nations. Myself, Dr. Sangeeta Mohanty, had the good fortune of representing Cross-border Research Association at this memorable event. This Blog (part 2 of […]
About 300 delegates from all over the world braved the frosty outdoor temperatures in Geneva in late January to attend the first International Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees at the United Nations. Myself, Dr. Sangeeta Mohanty, had the good fortune of representing Cross-border Research Association at this memorable event. This one-week event was […]
The European Commission DG MOVE contracts Cross-border Research Association and TAPA EMEA to develop a security toolkit for fighting crime and terrorism on European roads. The European trucking sector faces many security threats today. While cargo theft continues to be a multi-billion-euro problem for the European transport sector, irregular migration poses another major security […]
The SYNCHRO-NET project had its first annual project meeting in Barcelona in early June. I had a pleasure to take part in the three-day event and enjoy the welcoming atmosphere and sunny weather of the Catalonian capital. For those who are not yet familiar with the project, SYNCHRO-NET is a three-and-half-year demonstration project on advanced […]