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Trump's new tariffs are placing administrative burden on Customs agents
Ever-shifting tariffs are adding a huge new workload for Customs and Border Protection staff that could hurt the agency’s ability to enforce existing laws.
(Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press)Officials are scrambling to roll out President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariffs on imports from around the world, adding a huge new workload for Customs and Border Protection staff that could hurt the agency’s ability to enforce laws already on the books. “I can’t even imagine what a strain this is and how fast that they are churning through changes to how they’re doing things,” one former CBP official told NOTUS, requesting anonymity to discuss their past trade enforcement experience. “This is what experts call deprioritization,” a longtime GOP China policy hand, who asked to speak anonymously to be frank, told NOTUS of the latest figures from CBP.
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