U.S. Customs plans to update #CTPAT BestPractices minimum-security requirements, and compliance certification #SupplyChainSecurity

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http://www.supplychainquarterly.com/news/20171116-us-customs-plans-to-update-ctpat-best-practices-minimum-security-requirements-and-compliance-certification/

The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, an initiative aimed at helping countries to reduce import barriers, will scale from four to 20 countries #TradeFacilitation

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https://www.devex.com/news/usaid-chief-announces-scale-up-of-trade-facilitation-alliance-91546

Fake drug siege: Interpol finds 300kg of #Counterfeit meds in West Africa #Pharma

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https://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Article/2017/11/15/Fake-drug-siege-Interpol-finds-300kg-of-counterfeit-meds-in-West-Africa

US is exploring ways to use #Blockchain. Some possibilities include the capturing and keeping track of partnering government agencies licenses, permits, certificate of origin reporting etc. #TradeFacilitation #SupplyChainSecurity

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US Customs Advisory Committee To Explore Blockchain

UN releases new global dataset and report on #TradeFacilitation implementation which calls for accelerating implementation of #PaperlessTrade

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1711/S00019/un-releases-new-report-on-trade-facilitation-implementation.htm

EU needs ‘FBI for customs,’ says former chief fraud investigator , Giovanni Kessler: “the current system of national customs authorities makes fraud and smuggling too easy”, #SupplyChainSecurity

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https://www.politico.eu/article/giovanni-kessler-olaf-fbi-eu-needs-fbi-for-customs-says-former-chief-fraud-investigator/

Fruits and vegs rot on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border as EEU threatens to unravel, #TradeFacilitationNot

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Fruit and veg rots on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border as EEU threatens to unravel