Cross-border trade – WTO and UPU
Marek Różycki joins me to preview our seminar and workshop at Parcel+Post Expo this year, including:
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Defining the parcel locker
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Technology and lockers
Paul Donohoe, Manager Digital Economy & Trade Programme at the UPU, joins me to discuss the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA):
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What the TFA means for cross-border e-commerce
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What it means for postal operators
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How cross-border trade has been “parcelised” and what that means for border clearance
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What the UPU is doing regarding the TFA
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Harmonisation and cost reduction in the postal channel
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Standardised forms (e.g. for customs)
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Electronic exchange of information (including CDS platform)
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EAD and the STOP Act
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The post as a trade enabling network
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The UPU’s study
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