With the accent on cross-cultural convenience and high-tech efficiency, Eurostar has processed away the potential for such memorable exchanges.

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Also critical for increasing cross-border trade is improving efficiency at the border.

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Overall this is a great cross functional success with the teams of software development, sustainability organization and facility management in energy savings and energy efficiency initiations.

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In particular, we welcomed the significant contribution of the United States through USAID in supporting the development of ASEAN Single Window project, which aims to develop an integrated cross-border process for customs clearance to increase trade efficiency, trade security, and competitiveness across the region.

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