WCO Tech: Innovating Trade Facilitation

’Tariffs’ is not the most beautiful word i world. The two most beautiful words are: ’Trade Facilitation’.

Today I moderated a superexciting session on ’Innovating Trade Facilitation: The Role Of Technology in streamlining Customs Operations’.

Seven lessons learned from the session;

🌎 Trade is good, it provides growth, propserity & poverty reduction;
🌎 Trade Facilitation is key, which makes borders & customs essential;
🌎 We can only trade facilitate together, using excisiting industry & customs solutions for multiple purposes, connect & interconnect;
🌎 Always trade facilitate & do BPR before digitzing border processes;
🌎 It is all about people & using smart technology, AI & machine learning as an enabler to support our people making borders safer, faster & more predictable;
🌎Own you data. It is gold in the bank. It is the new currency
🌎Let’s move from talk to action. The time is now.