Top Stories: DHS Spring Agenda

DHS Releases Spring 2024 Agenda July 24, 2024 – DHS released its Spring 2024 Agenda last week. It outlines the status of final and pending regulations from the last several months. AAEI would like to call out two items of interest: 1) Customs Broker Identification of ImportersThis rule will require customs brokers to verify the […]

Member of the Week: Adam Nourse

July 24, 2024 – AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we’re spotlighting Adam Nourse of Deloitte Tax LLP. Adam recently participated as a co-chair of the Export and Global Trade Compliance Committee. At the last meeting, he provided updates on export control laws in Australia and […]

Member of the Week: Sava Zjalic

July 17, 2024 – AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we’re spotlighting Sava Zjalic of Cargill. Sava is an AAEI leader on the Nominating Committee, which serves the Association to identify potential Board members and committee co-chairs. He’s also an active member of four substantive AAEI […]

Member of the Week: Mark FeDuke

July 10, 2024 – For AAEI’s Member of the Week, the Association welcomes ArdoVLM to the AAEI family.  This week, AAEI features Mark FeDuke of ArdoVLM. Mark FeDuke is the Director of Risk Management & Regulatory Affairs at ArdoVLM, where he oversees North American trade compliance and regulatory affairs for the Ardo Group, a global […]

Member of the Week: Florentina Eudeline

July 3, 2024 – AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we’re spotlighting Florentina Eudeline of General Mills. Florentina served as AAEI’s representative at the World Customs Organization’s (WCO’s) Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) meeting in Brussels last month. She provided recommendations on behalf of AAEI on […]

Member of the Week: Laura Siegel Rabinowitz

June 19, 2024 – AAEI recognizes members who lead the Association on key issues, initiatives, and projects. This week, we’re spotlighting Laura Siegel Rabinowitz of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Laura has served as co-chair of AAEI’s Textiles Committee for more than 5 years, restarting the committee due to the rising compliance requirements associated with Forced Labor […]

Conference Speaker of the Week: Kari Finch

June 5, 2024 – AAEI’s 103rd Annual Conference and Expo in Fort Lauderdale, June 10-12, 2024, will focus on trade challenges facing importers and exporters and the strategies required to meet them. AAEI is featuring many of this year’s conference speakers. The spotlight this week is on Kari Finch of General Mills. Kari will moderate […]

Top Stories: Beijing Condemns UFLPA

Beijing: UFLPA Is a Human Rights Violation May 29, 2024 – China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the U.S.’s Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) at a press conference in Beijing last week in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s release of an investigation accusing major automakers including BMW of poor UFLPA compliance.  Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for […]

Conference Speaker of the Week: Tom Gould

May 22, 2024 – AAEI’s 103rd Annual Conference and Expo in Fort Lauderdale, June 10-12, 2024, will focus on trade challenges facing importers and exporters and the strategies required to meet them. AAEI is featuring many of this year’s conference speakers. The spotlight this week is on Tom Gould of Flexport. Tom will be a […]

Conference Speaker of the Week: Sydney Palmer

May 1, 2024 – AAEI’s 103rd Annual Conference and Expo in Fort Lauderdale, June 10-12, 2024, will focus on trade challenges facing importers and exporters and the strategies required to meet them. AAEI is featuring many of this year’s conference speakers. The spotlight this week is on Sydney Palmer of KPMG. Sydney will be a […]