Yesterday I was invited by the UK House of Commons, Exiting the European Union Committee as wotness to discuss my ideas on Border Solutions post-Brexit. The hearing was held in Whitehall, Portcullis House – a suitable place for a dialogue on Customs matters. Last November I presented a report ’SmartBorder 2.0’ outlining a model …
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What are the most popular commodities of global trade? What is in the millions of air- road- and seacontainers moving around iur world every day? Here are the good categories, along with the total dollar value and percentage of total exports that each category represents on the global market. This list is showing the …
Andrew Baxter, managing director at UK-based freight forwarder Europa Worldwide Group, has in an article in AirCargoNews described my report to the European Parliament “SmartBorder 2.0” as “sensible and positive progress” towards a workable solution. Here is the link to the article: Aircargonews
On the third and final day of the conference WCO organized a round table discussion. A panel of AEO experts were asked to summerize the conference and to outline the way forward under the title ’What is the future for Trusted Trader Regimes including AEOs and MRAs’. Participating in the round table future talk …
This week the World Customs Organization (WCO) together with the host Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) organized the 4th Global AEO Conference in Kampala, Uganda – following Seuol 2012, Madrid 2014 and Cancun 2016. More than 1100 decision makers and experts, Government and Private Sector, from all around the world (95 countries) joined for three …
This morning I have an earlybird flight out of Copenhagen, towards my beloved Africa. At midnight I will arrive to Entebbe. This week I will participateand speak on the 4th Global WCO AEO conference in Kampala. I have visited all African countries. This is the continent of the future. It will be great to …
In june last year I was commissioned by the European Parliament as academic researcher and Customs/Border Expert to write a report about potential solutions for the Northern Ireland/Ireland border, post-Brexit. I wrote the research report, called SmartBorder 2.0, and presented it for the European Parliament in November 2017. This has probably become the most …
The beautiful ‘The Shape of Water’ received the 2018 Academy Award for Best Movie. It is a very good movie. Guillermo del Toro got the Oscar as Best Director for the same film. Gary Oldman received the Award as Best Male actor for his role as Winston Churchill in ‘The Darkest Hour’ and Frances …
Many people in the debate about Brexit misses the point of why a border appear when a country leaves a Customs territory and goods moves between two customs teritories. There are talks about the Customs Union and Freetrade Agreements. However, these are only two parts of the reasons why there sre border formalities, mainly …
Two days ago PM Theresa May held her speech about Brexit, outlining the way forward – in where she afterwards said she was setting out an “ambitious vision” for the future partnership, but also “a practically based” and being “straight with people”. Theresa Mays’ comments on her speech This is what the PM said …
There has never been a player like Zlatan Ibrahimovoc. He is unique, not only in this world – but in universe. A charachter larger than life. No player in the history of the game has won more titles than Ibrahimovic. After starting in my home club, Malmö FF he has won titles for; Ajax, …
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said on Monday that the European Union (EU) and Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – were very close to a trade agreement whereas the negotiations appeared to have stalled. “We are very close to a deal,” the Swedish commissioner said in response to questions on the state …
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“BREXIT smart borders could provide Britain with “the most advanced customs system in the world”, giving the nation “an extra advantage” in trade – an EU funded expert has revealed”. I was interviewed by The Telegraph about my report to EU Parliament late last November on SmartBorders 2.0 as solution to Brexit Customs and …
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Number 10. Manchester United. Soon he is back. Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He has been back in practice two weeks with the team after his knee injury. Manchester United is second in Premiere League after beating Chelsea 2-1 on Sunday. The following week United will play Sevilla at home in the second leg of Champions League …
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea is over. It became the best Swedish Winter Olympics ever in count of medals. Our skiathlon, cross-country skiers and curling teams dominated in their events. And our brothers and sisters from Norway became the best nation ever in a Wonter Olympic Game. Congrats! On the …
From 14 to 16 March 2018, the 4th Global AEO Conference will be organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO), supported by Korean Customs Service (KCS) and hosted by the Uganda Revenue Authority in Kampala, Uganda, with the theme “Promoting Mutual Recognition of AEOs to Strengthen and Secure Global Trade.” The 4th Global AEO …
Futbol Club Barcelona commonly known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan footballers. Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the second most valuable sports team in the …
The Accenture Technology Vision 2018, is the companys’s annual tech trends report. People have talked for the last few years about the accelerating pace of technology change, and the same drivers continue: compute, storage and network are asymptotically approaching zero – at a rapid, exponential pace. It’s easy to become ‘numb’ in the face of …
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Smart frontier under scrutiny in talks to put legal wrapper around political fudge. I was interviewed by Financial Times the other day on how to handle Customs processes pot-Brexit. The interview was included inbthis article published esröier this week in FT. My point is that it is possible, within interntional law and standards, in …
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The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) regime is starting to take off around the world in its new shape and paradigm of holistic Trusted Trader programmes. There are now a number of countries with modern AEO / Trusted Trader Concepts of a new modern design, ready to secure and facilitate global trade. These new programmes …
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