Each year, during the International Customs Day, the WCO Secretariat dedicates a theme that is pertinent to the challenges facing the global Customs community. The slogan chosen for 2019 is “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport”, which encourages Customs to reengineer their business processes (mainly by applying new technologies), so to work “smartly” to ensure a swift and smooth cross-border movement of goods, people and means of transport through international borders.

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An article published on the OECD blog argues that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will substantially promote the growth of regional trade in Africa, rejecting the criticism of those who are skeptical to the implementation of such project. However, it is also known that in Africa nationalist policies still prevail on community (or regional) interests.

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