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INTERVIEW John B. Brew* World Customs Organization 2015 PICARD Conference The World Customs Organization (WCO), an intergovernmental organization located in Brussels, Belgium, is well known for its Customs standard-setting role, as well as administering the Harmonized System for tariff classification and the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Valuation and Rules of Origin Agreements. The WCO is also known for its work in compliance and trade facilitation as well as delivering capacity building to assist Customs administrations with reform and modernization. Each of these roles requires important policy making decisions. As with other policy endeavours, comprehensive research and analysis, knowledge and education, are critical to ensure that these policy decisions are well informed and executed. The WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, established the Research Unit (RU) in 2009 to create a knowledge-based centre of excellence. The RU is part of the WCOs Secretariat's Office of the Secretary General. While perhaps lesser known than other WCO departments, the WCO RU performs vitally important functions that inform WCO policy decisions. Even before the WCO established the RU, it recognized the importance of research, objective and empirical studies to improve and guide its policy decisions. In 2005 the WCO held the first
Global Trade and Customs Journal – Kluwer Law International
Published: Jan 1, 2016
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