Huawei Expects Eventual AEO Participation Requirement for Suppliers
CANCUN, Mexico -- Companies will increasingly limit supply chain relationships to suppliers that participate in Authorized Economic Operator programs, said industry members at the World Customs Organization AEO conference on May 11. For example, James Lockett, vice president, Head of…
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Trade Facilitation at Huawei Technologies, said he expects AEO status to someday be a prerequisite for all Huawei suppliers. While it's still too early on to make that requirement, it seems to be where the company is headed, he said. That trend is already evident within CBP's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, said Martin Rojas, senior advisor for the Americas, International Road Transport Union. While C-TPAT benefits for truckers are somewhat limited -- allowing for manifest submissions a half hour ahead of border crossing rather than an hour -- many truckers participate because the clients require it, he said.