20 years ago, the first AEO programme, called The Stairway, was introduced in Sweden. The Stairway Concept was awarded and nominated for a number of national and international awards and has since then made way for AEO programmes all over the world. To celebrate the 20 year anniversary, the key people in the project …
Today I dId a presentation of Customs/Border/Trade in the future 2020-2025 for our KGH Digital team at their conference in Tylösand. Great dialogue. Fun to meet the colleagues. We live in a digital globalized world. While many other sectors have gone far in digitization and digitalization – global trade has just scratched the surface …
Ursula von der Leyen tells UK that Europe ‘will always love you’ as MEPs approve withdrawal agreement. The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Brexit withdrawal agreement after an emotional debate which ended with MEPs singing Auld Lang Syne and Nigel Farage being told to take his UK flag with him as he …
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On my way back to London for meetings with clients. I am taking the Early Bird from Stockholm to London. A bit lonely in the plane this morning, it is normally full. Today we have a very interesting meeting on how to build competence and capacity in the private sector trading community in the …
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suggested the EU will be the “stronger team” in post-Brexit trade talks with the UK. Comparing negotiations to a football match, he suggested to the BBC that the EU would be at an advantage due to its larger population and market. The taoiseach said he did not think …
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Yesterday I spent a day in the capital for meetings with Government and clients. I also attended a great lunch to celebrate that it was 20 years since the first Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme was released in Sweden (The Staiway). In the evening we had a fantastic evening with a group we called …
The Telegraph reports how UK business groups have raised their worries in relation to the Brexit implementation period. Though I know that UK Government right now is working hard to set-up the proper infrastructure for the negotitaions on future relations and all institutions are preparing their programmes for the Brexit implementation period, it is …
Clayton Christensen died on Jan. 23, 2020. He eas a great thinker and I find many of his theories interesting. Here HBR presents some of his pieces. Clayton M. Christensen is best known for his theory of disruptive innovation, in which he warns large, established companies of the danger of becoming too good at what they …
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Today I had a videocon with my friend Saul Berensen from Homeland. Great discussions on border security.
Government is to mark the first day of Britain’s departure from the European Union with the launch of an international advertising campaign telling foreign businesses the UK is “ready to trade” with them. The new ‘Ready to Trade’ campaign will be launched with posters and billboards in 17 cities across 13 countries outside the …
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1978-2020. Legends never die.
Germany took first place in the 2020 Bloomberg Innovation Index, breaking South Korea’s six-year winning streak, while the U.S. fell one notch to No. 9. Singapore’s leap into the third-place ranking returns it to its post from two years ago. The annual Bloomberg Innovation Index, in its eighth year, analyzes dozens of criteria using …
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The UK will set out its negotiating aims for trade talks with the EU by early February and will not diverge from Brussels’ rules for the sake of it, Steve Barclay has said. The Brexit secretary, whose job will become defunct when the UK leaves the EU on 31 January, set a more moderate …
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Today Spain beat Croatia 22-20 in the final of the EHF EuroCup in handball in Stockholm, Sweden. Spain defended their title from 2018. Spain was the better team, but Croatia had 20-19 just a few minutes before the end of final game. Såains goal keeper Gonzalo Perez de Carga was man-of-the-match. De Vargas It …
Today we celebrate International Customs Day 2020. There are one million Customs officers around the world that safeguards our borders 24/7 365 days every year. They deserve our respect and gratitude. As a tradition Manneken Pis in Brussels today is dressed in a Customs Uniform.
Don’t miss my new article on Smart Borders in the World Trade Matters Magazine. You can now read the Winter 2019 edition of #WorldTradeMatters online! Focusing on the theme of ‘How cross border trade really happens’. export.org.uk/page/worldtradematters
Dutch PM says there’s a ’50-50′ chance Britain will reach trade deal with the EU this year. Brussels fears trade talks will hit the buffers early because Boris Johnson is making the same mistakes as Theresa May – with Dutch PM Mark Rutte putting the chances of a deal this year at “50-50”. Eurocrats …
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Ports operator DP World is poised to expand its vast London Gateway container terminal in Essex now that political uncertainty is in the rear-view mirror, its chief executive said. The firm is poised to award a major contract to build at least one new container shipping berth, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said – adding …
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