Allen Gina Speaks at Center for International Private Enterprise Event on Trade and Domestic Resource Mobilization
On December 5th, the Center for International Private Enterprise held a panel on Customs, Trade Facilitation Reforms, and Domestic Resource Mobilization. Prior to the panel, Linda Wilcox-Daugherty, a Senior Customs Specialist, presented a white paper produced by USAID that detailed recommendations for Customs reform and modernization to promote compliance, reduce inefficiencies, and increase the volume […]
Allen Gina Discusses Risk Management and Govt.-Industry Partnership at BASC World Congress in Colombia
Over 540 customs and trade industry leaders from the public and private sector convened in Cartagena, Colombia for the Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC) World Congress on September 19 and 20. The Congress theme was “Risk Management and Trust: The Road to Security and Competitiveness.” Participants celebrated BASC’s 22nd anniversary while discussing risk management, […]
Al Gina speaks at Wilson Center U.S.-Mexico Institute on Port Modernization
Allen Gina: “It was a pleasure to speak at the Wilson Center U.S.-Mexico Institute today on Port Modernization with other great panelists from Mexico SAT, the Border Trade Alliance, and KCS Railroad, which is taking innovative measures to make cross-border trade enhancements in Laredo. Increasing processing speeds at the border does not have to be […]
CT Strategies’ Allen Gina Discusses Marijuana Legalization and other Trade Topics with Trade Attorney, Jennifer Diaz.
On November 27, 2018 CT Strategies’ Partner Allen Gina took part in a webinar hosted by Jennifer Diaz, Founder of the Diaz Trade Law in Miami. The two discussed a wide range of current CBP priorities, including CBP policy on import detentions and seizures, the need to consider U.S. National Security when enforcing laws prohibiting the […]
CT Strategies’ Al Gina Moderates Panel on Forced Labor in Trade with Group of Customs Lawyers
On November 6, CT Strategies’ Co-Founder, Al Gina, moderated a panel on ‘Emerging Issues in Forced Labor’ with a group of Customs Attorneys in downtown DC at the office of Hogan & Lovells. Co-sponsoring the event were the Young Trade Professionals, the International Trade and Investment Law Society, and the Customs Lawyers Association. Panelists consisted of Marco […]
Al Gina Talks NAFTA with Trade Officials at Annual U.S./Canada Border Conference
The annual U.S./ Canada Border Conference, held in Detroit on September 20-21, convenes current and former senior officials from U.S. and Canadian border agencies to discuss issues impacting the two countries’ cross-border relationship. The conference was established soon after the 2011 U.S. and Canada joint “Beyond the Border” declaration as a forum to advance the […]
Allen Gina Leads Panel on “Global Trade in a Time of Change” at Thomson Reuters 2nd Annual Government Conference
On Wednesday, June 21st, in Washington DC at Thomson Reuters’ 2nd Annual Government Conference, titled ‘Finding Opportunity in Disruption’, Mr. Gina was joined by Geoff Powell, President of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America; Adam Salerno, Executive Director of Global Supply Chain and Trade Facilitation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Tom […]
CT Strategies Co-Founder, Allen Gina, Discusses Trade Fraud Schemes with San Antonio Express in Light of Recently Uncovered Offenses
Four men were recently arrested in Laredo, Texas for international trade-based crimes involving fraud, smuggling, duty-evasion and other conspiracies, ultimately cheating the Government of Mexico out of over $136M USD in tariffs. Their scheme, which involved the false-classification of fake silver coins moving between the U.S. and Mexico, is one of a variety of illicit […]