No. of Recommendations: 2
the thing is, there seems no need to track any tariff EO that has not been completely revoked. (e.g., probably the only reason for a visit by canada's mark carney)
- there are little experienced career staff to discuss wording and legalities to produce a NEW trade document that may get signed (whatever value team trump signatures may have)
- logistics brokers are struggling with thousand of nation-specific rules regarding pauses, exemptions, reversals.
if the IT system is pre-cloud, forget global programmatic entry and updates.
- there is no indication that custom inspectors and enforcement collectors are staffed up for the increased complexity above...and may have even been cut.
on the plus side, a steady cut of chinese imports by 50% will alleviate some bottlenecks.
frankly, smuggling seems not worth the effort, as most items will probably get through at prior (or random) rules.
