NEW! Issue 35 of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management (CCRM) journal

New Issue 35 of the CCRM journal!
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This issue explores several key themes, such as:
- Criminal or administrative? How countries decide on customs violations
- Where does the customs broker’s responsibility end and the importer’s begin?
- EU, UK and Ukraine trade and customs news, and US tariff news
- Steel and rules of origin: new US-EU developments
- China’s export control system: overview and impact on EU traders
- How can you train an artificial intelligence system to do what you need?
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