The following is excerpted from a 3 April 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of Director General Enrique Canon of Uruguay in his capacity as Vice-Chair, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO attended the XVIth Regional Conference of Customs Directors General of the Americas and Caribbean Region, held in Panama City, Panama, on 1 April 2013. The participants adopted the Regional Strategy on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and took a number of other important decisions with a view to providing guidance and orientation for the WCO agenda.
With the assistance of a high-level panel including Directors General, the participants discussed the promotion of economic prosperity through strengthening the global trade partnership. The panel shared their experience and best practice in this respect. They identified the WCO Economic Competitiveness Package and the Revised Kyoto Convention as the key tools to achieving the objectives from a Customs point of view.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2013/april/wco-americas-and-caribbean.aspx