Latest Developments in US Customs I attended this dinner meeting of the Supply Chain & Logistics organization -- the speaker was Eric Couture, the Assistant Attaché of the US Customs and Border Protection Agency assigned to Canada. He was a pretty funny guy, and a Canadian, who became an American, after serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. His presentations were more of an interest to exporters than importers, but you can infer a lot from an importer perspective. He mentioned many, many times, the fact that the US Customs Officers carry guns, have a Navy, an Air Force, and what not -- his message -- all US agencies now have security as their first priority. Check out his presentations in Powerpoint format, on C-TPAT, ACI and BTA.

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