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Anna Jerzewska

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Founder of Trade and Borders. DSV Director Global Customs. Customs rapporteur for EuroCommerce. PhD in Customs and Trade Facilitation. Brexit veteran

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · Mar 31

An updated and extended version of my "Should the UK rejoin PEM?" paper has been published by @uktpo.org.

It addresses one of the main concerns on the UK side (spoiler, it's not what you think).

With the EU-UK Summit coming up - should the UK consider rejoining?

www.uktpo.org/wp-content/u...

www.uktpo.org

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 4d

Flamingos at sunset on a Saturday evening.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 4d

I can try but you'd need to be very specific as to what you mean by export compliance, as that can mean so many things. Also would depend on the industry

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 4d

Here you go. Took me a while to find a website link. So this is the final version that came out of the Council. This includes the Council's corrections and amendments and corrections.

data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...

data.consilium.europa.eu

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 5d

More than happy to send it to you.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 5d

Of the Reform? Don't know if it's 200 pages you really want to see.

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 6d

Politico on Deforestation. You could not make these things up.

As a reminder, last year's delay of EUDR was officially finally confirmed on 18 Dec, giving businesses 13 whole days of legal certainty before the day the regulation was set to go live.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 7d

Heard it in a meeting last week and have to say had the same reaction. But then again... following the EU's contract earlier this year... makes just as much sense as any other trade deal

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 7d

UK-Greenland deal set to be unveiled... what was fun yesterday was how with ministers and media on the same site we went from rumour to laughter to near confirmation within a few hours... www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...

UK closes in on critical minerals deal with Greenland

The self-ruling Danish territory, coveted by Donald Trump, has vast caches of rare earth elements.

www.politico.eu

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 7d

To be a fly on that wall...

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 8d

This is also not that many pacels. It's less than what we would have per day in the EU.
Still I wonder what the costs are.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 8d

When we calculated the cost of implementing controls on low value shipments in the EU it was barely worth it. In the US the threshold was higher but average value still way belofw 150.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

Shh he hasn't figured that part out yet

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

You can't tariff everything. But you sure can try.

And while it's very entertaining for us trade wonks, it leads to anxiety and uncertainty for the industry. As in even more anxiety and uncertainty.

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

Tariffs on foreign movies are back. This first came up back in May and raised a number of questions on cut-off points, impact on costs etc.

Can't wait to read the EO.

edition.cnn.com/2025/09/29/e...

Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies | CNN Business

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”

edition.cnn.com

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

I don't think we thought this through properly.

I literally can't wait to see what they come up with.

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies | CNN Business

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”

edition.cnn.com

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe you can tell me what this is then? It was outside the little bird cage area

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 9d

While deforestation is in limbo, CBAM Omnibus simplifications seem to be confirmed.

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

CBAM: Council signs off simplification to the EU carbon leakage instrument

Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM): Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement on its simplification.

www.consilium.europa.eu

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 12d

Zug

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 13d

And now we wait for EOs.
As a lot of people pointed out, this is not going to stop and it will be interesting to see how all the deals hold up, whether or not there will be any exemptions and how these tariffs are applied.

Never a dull moment.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

We all know that's the case. Not only deals, the entire Trump tariff policy. But there was also a possibility of the EU trying to square the circle here and pretend everything is fine and I think this is a better option

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

I actually think this is doing more in terms of upholding the general terms of the multilateral trading system than any attempt to fudge and pretend that this is WTO and MFN compatible. It's basically "we did what we had to do" and that's fair enough.

EU concedes trade deal with Trump falls short of WTO rules

The EU-U.S. deal has been criticized for undermining rules-based trade and the bloc’s multilateral commitments.

www.politico.eu

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

It would be extremely helpful if the Commission could confirm the delay to the Deofrestation Regulation asap rather than keep companies in limbo. Talking about EU competitiveness is good. Providing a conducive business environment is better.

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you. Will try to.
There are always loopholes. As for the food, I recently saw a guy on the Belgian side of Eurostar having to part with a whole block of expensive cheese he was bringing as a gift.

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

Indeed, worth displaying, but the stories of how these works were acquired are quite dark

Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 14d

An unforgettable experience seeing the highly controversial Emil Buhrle collection at the Kunsthaus in Zurich today. Apart from breathtaking works of art, there was a customs accent. When you import art purchased in occupied France, you need to remember to declare it at import.

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Anna Jerzewska @annajerzewska.bsky.social · 15d

This is aimed at B2C so Temu and Sheins of this world. But let's see whether there will be an exemption for fits etc. That ws kept in the US for example

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