On March 25, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a variety of issue papers ahead of the March 31st virtual meeting of the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC). The issue papers cover the topics that will be discussed in the meeting which include:
- Intellectual Property Rights;
- Forced Labor; and
- Trusted Trader.
The COAC advises the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the commercial operations of CBP and other related Department functions.
The documents, including the agenda, can be found here:
https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meeting-march-31-2022
Additional information on the next COAC meeting can be found here: