Episode 166: Cross-border trade - WTO and UPU
Ian Kerr
Paul Donohoe, Manager Digital Economy & Trade Programme, UPU
Marek Różycki joins me to preview our seminar and workshop at Parcel+Post Expo this year, including:
Defining the parcel locker
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):
What the TFA means for cross-border e-commerce
What it means for postal operators
How cross-border trade has been “parcelised” and what that means for border clearance
What the UPU is doing regarding the TFA
Harmonisation and cost reduction in the postal channel
Standardised forms (e.g. for customs)
Electronic exchange of information (including CDS platform)
EAD and the STOP Act
The post as a trade enabling network
The UPU’s study
Click here for more information on the Postal Retail Benchmarking Workshop being held in Rome on 15 - 17 October 2019.
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