WCO Working with WTO to Discuss Role in Trade Facilitation Agreement, Planning New AEO Clauses
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has reached out to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to "discuss and define its role with regards to the implementation of the" Agreement on Trade Facilitation, said the WCO in a press release. Secretary General…
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of the WCO Kunio Mikuriya discussed the WCO's work while talking to the EU Customs Union Group in Brussels, the release said. "Noting specific reference to the WCO in the agreement the Secretary General highlighted the willingness and capability of the organization to support the approach agreed by the WTO" in December (see 13120922) ,it said. "There is an expectation that the WCO will play a role and he urged delegates present to seek support from their trade ministries." Supply chain security remains a WCO agenda priority and a review of the Secure and Facilitate Global Trade standards, "including additional clauses for [Authorized Economic Operators], is already underway," said the release.