Sentence examples for streamline custom from inspiring English sources
Diplomats from the WTO's 159 member countries had been in talks to agree on rules that would streamline custom procedures and speed up global trade.
At a summit last year in Bali, they pledged to streamline customs procedures and to adopt shared product standards.
Rich and poor were working on rules to streamline customs procedures so that it no longer takes 20 days to unload and clear a container in Eritrea compared with two hours in Liverpool.
He added: "The new binding commitments to streamline customs procedures and cut red tape will help British exporters of all sizes to move their products more efficiently around the world".
American calls for a trade facilitation deal — essentially streamlining customs procedures — are also sensible.
Officials hope to achieve at least token success in streamlining customs procedures and ending export subsidies.
The agreement under discussion focuses instead on easing the flow of all goods across borders by requiring streamlined customs procedures and improved transportation.
Now everyone seems to be an admirer of "special economic zones" (SEZs) that offer a combination of tax-and-tariff incentives, streamlined customs procedures and less regulation.
That agenda had included plans to reduce the costs of doing business across borders by 5% over the next few years by, among other things, streamlining customs procedures and speeding up applications for export permits.
When ambassadors from around the world meet in Geneva on Friday, they will likely have to settle for lesser gains, such as streamlining customs procedures and other rules that would at least reduce the costs of trade.
A new openness to piecemeal negotiation, taking success where it can be achieved, may yield meaningful gains in areas such as "trade facilitation"—efforts to reduce the logistical costs of trade through things like harmonised border controls and streamlined customs procedures.It is too early for such giddy speculation.
