U.S. Customs is studying the possibility of merging the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and the Importer Self-Assessment into a single trusted trader program with enhanced benefits to attract greater voluntary participation from companies, Acting Commissioner David Aguilar told a House panel last week. Both industry partnership programs have been plagued by low turnout, although C-TPAT has about 10,250 members. A year ago, then-Commissioner Alan Bersin set a ...