U.S., Canada Collaborate on Import Safety Exercise
CBP and other agencies involved at the border recently finished a week-long "table top exercise" with Canadian officials on import safety issues, said CBP in a news release (here). "The exercise focused on critical incidents involving imported products that were…
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found to be dangerous, hazardous and volatile, and helped both countries understand how the other would respond," said CBP. Participants included the CBP Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center, Canada Border Services Agency, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, CBP said. “This is an opportunity for Canadian and U.S. border enforcement and import safety agencies to exchange ideas and develop best practices for working together to address import safety issues,” said Brenda Smith, assistant commissioner for CBP’s Office of International Trade. “This exercise not only displayed the benefit of joint agency collaboration, but also served as an opportunity to learn from our international colleagues.”