Ep 166: Cross-border trade - UPU and WTO

Marek Różycki joins me to preview our seminar and workshop at Parcel+Post Expo this year, including: Defining the parcel locker Technology and lockers Paul Donohoe, Manager Digital Economy & Trade Programme at the UPU, joins me to discuss the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA): What the TFA means for cross-border e-commerce What it means for postal operators How cross-border trade has been "parcelised" and what that means for border clearance What the UPU is doing to regarding the TFA Harmonisation and cost reduction in the postal channel Standardised forms (e.g. for customs) Electronic exchange of information (including CDS platform) EAD and the STOP Act The post as a trade enabling network The UPU's study