GMS 723 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, United States Customs Service, Joint Terrorism Task Force
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Importing is the flip side of exporting some aspects of exporting don"t apply: eg tariff schedule applies only to importing and the customs services is concerned. World customs organizations (wco) only with goods coming into a country. Provided leadership in expanding the avenues of international trade. Success driven by a clear minded adherence to a principle: more simple and harmonized the worlds customs procedures, the more prosperity for international trade and the world at large. Scored many triumphs across the entire spectrum of customs-based issues: eg it created and administers several international agreements that facilitate world trade. June 2002 council unanimously adopted a resolution on the security and facilitation of the international trade supple chain proposed by the us: resulted in development of numerous guidelines, benchmarks, and best practices. Served to mobilize and organize the us to secure itself from terrorist attacks.