Soon. Only hours now. We are all interested in what will happen. Customs in the center of an historical event.

Great event today – with 700 people celebrating AEO Brazil – the Trusted Trader Programme of the future, already here! I am extremely proud to be mentioned in this context, knowing what AEO Brazil means to the Brazilian foreign trade and overall economy. One of the participants, Alexandre Lira, wrote on LinkedIn: “700 people …

Swedish artist Robyn’s song ‘Dancing On My Own’ changed the sound of pop, indie and dance. Now the music magazine Rolling Stone has nominated Robyn’s hit Dancing on my own from 2010 as the best song of the decade. Robyn’s Grammys Award-winning hit is annpunced as the best song of the decade, according to …

HBR writes that fifty years have passed since the publication of The Peter Principle, but its rule still applies today. “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties,” noted Laurence J. Peter, the educator behind this famous work. His theory postulates that most …

The Customs Department will take the ease of doing business initiatives to the next level by rolling out the concept of faceless assessment of cargo across the country over the next few months, whereby consignments will be assessed by a virtual group irrespective of where the Bill of Entry is filed, a top official …

The AEO Brazil success continues and the Trusted Trader Programme continues to grow. The upcoming FIESP AEO Brazil 5 years celebration conference is now sold out with 700 participants.

The EU has the world’s largest network of trade agreements. Further strengthening Europe’s global leadership by closing additional trade deals is a key priority of the new EU Commission. Source: EU Trade

It had been another year in the air. Many days in London, United Kingdom and Brussels due to Brexit. Brexit, the biggest Customs change in our lifetime. We also have a lot of project activities in the Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia. We are doing most of our work in Europe right …

How can the international community turn some of the world’s poorest, landlocked countries, into thriving, land-linked nations? Today at the UN Headquarters, Member States renewed their commitments made, to lift the 32 countries designated as Landlocked Developing Countries, or LLDCs, out of poverty. The irigrammevis called, “Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries …

After some weeks in United States for the UN Climate meeting and many other engagements, 16 year old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is now back in Europe after weeks at sea. Greta sailed to and from U.S to protect the environment. She is now in Lisbon, Portugal on her way to Madrid for …

EU:s foresight project’ The Future of Customs 2040′ is developed in cooperation with the European Commission, Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD). A number of influential people has been invited to do a series of work shols about the future of Customs. One of the visionary experts participating is my best …

Yesterday our partner The Institute of Export and International Trade (IoE) celebrated the annual graduation ceremony for this years’ students at Mansion House in London. Great event and wonderful to participate with a Key Note Speech. It is always great to see new professionals entering our field and also to see graduates develop with …

The world’s first Digital Customs Academy is here, developed by KGH along with partners. Now you can get the skills and knowledge you need for inyernational trade & to prepare for Brexit. #UKCustomsAcademy Read our folder for more information: UK Customs Academy The best news of all, the worlds’ first Digital Customs Academy is …

I visited Getlink for meetings today. The Eurotunnel is one of the busiest borders in the world and it also happens to be one of the key flows in a potential post-Brexit environment. I am very impressed by the Brexit preparations done so far. I was here for a Getlink/Eurotunnel Brexit conference about a …

A new Tory initiative to improve border security was launched today. The Conservatives are publishing plans to improve the UK’s border security after Brexit. If the party wins the general election, it says it will introduce automated exit and entrance checks. It would also make it harder for people with serious criminal convictions to …

The draw for the UEFA EURO 2020 final tournament took place in Bucharest yesterday. The tournament will open in Rome at 21:00 CET on 12 June. The group stage runs, with up to four matches a day, until 24 June (last matches in each group played simultaneously). Sweden will play Spain and Poland in …

Conservative MEP and journalist Daniel Hannan wrote an interesting article about Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and a potential new FTA with Japan. Even though some elements are not considered in the article, like agriculture, and the references to the Treasury calculations might be somewhat too strong – but I think the article is very …

The European Union (EU) has about 40 free trade deals, covering more than 70 countries. That means the UK, as a member of the EU, can currently trade with countries like Canada without having to pay taxes on its imports (tariffs) of most goods. If the UK leaves the EU with no deal, it …

On Thursday my club Malmö FF played Dynamo Kiev at home in the UEFA Europa League. It was also the final career home game of our Captain and best player ever – Markus Rosenberg. Rosenberg is an institution in Malmö FF. He stated tonplay at the age of 5 on the training grounds that …

There is eleven days to the UK General Election. This election has become a Brexot election that even from theboutside could be seen as a second Brexit referendum. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has succeeded in making this election about “let’s get Brexit done”. Will he succceed in getting a Parliament majority or not? One …