Trump Order Directs Customs to Crack Down on Tariff Cheats (1)

President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to tighten customs enforcement, his latest move to ramp up protectionist trade policies.

The policy Trump signed on Wednesday directs Customs and Border Protection officers to use new technology to ensure contraband and illegal goods are detected and blocked from entering the US, and that products brought in are accurately accounted for, according to a White House statement.

“This executive order is really the result of many years of our front-line officers and our trade professionals seeing the tricks and abuse that the companies that were trying to cheat the system have ...