USCIB Engages at International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and EU Events on Customs and Trade Facilitation

ICC’s Valerie Picard, Paula Baena, and Huidi Feng with Mike Rousek.

Mike Rousek, Vice President, Customs and Trade Facilitation at USCIB, engaged at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee (CTFC) Meeting in Rotterdam, an ICC-organized high-level event on EU Customs reform in Brussels, and in meetings with AmCham EU.

Rousek met with American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) EU to discuss shared issues focused on the planned EU customs reforms and provide an update on the customs landscape in the US on April 13.

Rousek at the port of Rotterdam.

On April 14, Rousek represented USCIB at an ICC-organized meeting with Vanessa Hernandez-Guerrero, Director General for Customs and Taxation Union at the European Commission, and Luisa Santos, Deputy Director General at Business Europe, where speakers highlighted the implications of the EU’s planned wide ranging customs reforms.

Rousek with ICC colleagues at the port of Rotterdam.

Additionally, he represented member interests at the ICC Global Customs Commission meeting focused on the global customs landscape in Rotterdam on April 15. Jeff Bensing, Senior Advisor at USCIB, and Ken Montgomery, Executive Director at Technology Trade Regulation Alliance, briefed participants on the latest World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized Systems Committee meetings in March.

On April 16, the ICC Global Customs and Trade Facilitation (ICC GCTFC) members toured the port of Rotterdam to discuss current trade and supply chain challenges facing businesses.