NAFTA Qualification Process for USA, Mexico and Canada

Why Should You Attend:

The last 20 plus years have seen a geometric growth in various regional trade agreement and trade preference programs. One such program that has had a profound impact on trade in this hemisphere is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which was ground-breaking at its time of entering into force over 20 years ago, in January of 1994.

This webinar discussed the history of US Customs Modernization Act (the Mod Act) and NAFTA and Best Practices for NAFTA determinations, record keeping, and certificate distribution. It will further detail the listed below areas:

• Understand the history and background of NAFTA
• Learn the basics of Origin issues, generally
• Learn the difference between non-preferential and preferential origin
• Understand the basic methods for determining origination status
• Learn how to manage imports, exports, and domestic transactions under NAFTA
• Best Practices for NAFTA determinations, record keeping, and certificate distribution

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Background of the US Customs Modernization Act (the Mod Act) and NAFTA
• Cost-Benefit Analyses- How Free Trade is not free
• NAFTA for Imports, including auditing Certificates of Origin for facial validity
• NAFTA for Exports, including Tariff Shift & Regional Value Content
• NAFTA Record Keeping
• Risks & Penalties
• NAFTA Determination Processes: Manual or Automated?
• NAFTA Determination Processes: Internal or Outsourced?

Who Will Benefit:

• Export/Import Compliance
• Global Trade Solutions/IT
• Supply Chain
• Legal
• Finance
• Purchasing
• Internal Audit
• Operations
• Strategic Sourcing
• Risk Management

Instructor Profile:

Randi Waltuck Barnett is a highly regarded global trade professional, having created and implemented global and domestic trade compliance programs across many industries for companies large and small. Her experience includes oversight of a $5B, 65-location division of Honeywell, a $3B, 17-location division of Motorola, and global trade optimization for Dell, Inc., among others.

Ms. Waltuck Barnett has worked in the international trade arena in various industries for nearly 20 years. Her professional accomplishments include multi-million dollar global supply chain savings under various legal theories, as well as end-to-end global trade mitigation processes and procedures, identifying right sized technology tools, including “compliance on a shoestring” practices.

She has served on councils and boards for various organizations, including the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), is a charter-member of the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA), and a frequently sought-after trade and supply chain conference speaker for various well-known conference organizers, including the International Compliance Professionals Associations (ICPA), the American Conference Institute (ACI), Marcus-Evans, and Richardson Conference Events.

A licensed customs broker, Ms. Waltuck holds degrees in International Business, an MBA in Finance, began her pursuit of a J.D. in International Trade Law; she is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified and a Motorola Certified Instructor, available to meet any of your trade compliance, operations or global trade strategy needs.

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