CLDP, jointly with two experts from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, led a two day workshop in Rabat on Rules of Origin September 28-29, 2010, ensuring that the benefits of preferential tariff treatment under the agreement apply to Moroccan and U.S. goods eligible for such treatment.

A delegation of Customs officials from the Kingdom of Bahrain was in Washington, DC the week of September 28, 2009, participating in consultations with experts from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the private sector.

CLDP, in collaboration with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other relevant stakeholders, organized U.S. consultations for a delegation of Omani Customs officials to thoroughly familiarize Oman Customs with the way the US administers processes and verifies FTA goods and the ways that Oman might be able to draw on the US example to comply with its preferential treatment obligations under the FTA.

As part of its ongoing support to the Government of Ukraine in their effort to adopt legislation and implementing measures for intellectual property enforcement as called for in the WTO TRIPS Agreement, CLDP held a workshop to increase the capacity within the State Customs Service of Ukraine to implement practical measures to better enforce IP protection and to improve cooperation between the State Customs Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine.