Strengthening Customs Enforcement
The “Strengthening Customs Enforcement” executive order paves the way for overdue reforms to modernize U.S. customs and trade enforcement. The executive order empowers CBP to develop tools, including unified standards for all U.S. importers, stricter requirements for foreign entities, enhanced transparency, and increased accountability. These changes level the playing field, protect American consumers, secure U.S. revenue, and represent a pivotal step in safeguarding the nation’s economic and national security.
This forward-looking executive order enhances customs and trade enforcement, fostering a safer and more reliable marketplace for American businesses and consumers while ensuring the integrity of goods entering the United States. For U.S. importers committed to compliance, the reforms are a win—they increase consequences for competitors who engage in unfair or illegal practices such as transshipment, undervaluation, and misdeclaration. These actions reinforce the President’s America First Trade Policy by protecting the U.S. economy and its workers from unfair competition and schemes designed to evade U.S. customs and trade laws.