News on CORE #SupplyChainSecurity project. Revised specifications for the track & trace use of the EGNOS satellite navigation approved by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

https://www.gsa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/cen-approves-core-specification-revision

Security Council Calls on Member States to Address Threats against Critical Infrastructure, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2341 (2017) #

https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sc12714.doc.htm

Cross-border e-commerce has increased. In 2017, China´s e-commerce exports surged 42% and imports by 116%. Despite this, there is an absence of global rules and this can undermine the gains for those who need them most #TradeFacillitation –

Hong Kong recently passed a law to outlaw ivory trading in the city in four years time. That’s good news for elephants, but there are still other unprotected endangered flora and fauna #IllicitTrade #EndangeredSpecies

EC has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum (on 1.2.2018) with the support of the European Parliament

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eu-love-blockchain-alan-rhode/?trackingId=ZUClFucS8gPUH03NECZNWw%3D%3D

Cross-border trade facilitation has been neglected in #Brexit negotiations, according to the British Ports Association’s (BPA) chief executive Richard Ballantyne #TradeFacillitationNot

http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/world/europe/bpa-calls-for-post-brexit-port-zoning

Good reading on big data: “Big Data Isn’t a Thing; Big Data is a State of Mind”

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-data-isnt-thing-state-mind-bill-schmarzo/?trackingId=oRyng80Y5WYKsIFy9lSbhQ%3D%3D

How Europol tackles the illicit cigarette industry – map of illicit factory raids in Europe (and more..) #SupplyChainSecurity #scs

https://www.stopillegal.com/blog/detail/in-focus-how-europol-tackles-the-growing-illicit-cigarette-industry