E-commerce: friend or foe?

Frank Janssens
Frank Janssens
Coordinator, PARSEC and BORDERLINK projects, Belgium
Walter Van der Meiren
Walter Van der Meiren
Customs Brokerage Director, UPS, Belgium
Anna Jerzewska
Anna Jerzewska
Founder of Trade and Borders, EuroCommerce Rapporteur on Customs, Customs and International Trade Lead at Cbamboo
Published 02 Feb 2025

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E-commerce is one of the most fast-growing and contested areas of customs today - this webinar brings together an express-industry voice and a former EU Commission customs official to unpack why, and what the EU's customs reform proposes to do about it. Topics covered: Why there is no single agreed...

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