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 The order, to be signed on Air Force One as Obama flies to Mexico
to meet the Mexican and Canadian leaders, is the latest example of
Obama using executive authority to act on his own where he can
without needing congressional approval.
Obama's move has the aim of cutting the time needed for processing
and approving for small businesses that export American-made goods.
His order is tantamount to a pledge to complete by December 2016,
near the end of his presidency, the International Trade Data System,
which aims to be a centralized online access point to connect U.S.
Customs, the trade community and 47 government agencies.
The White House said in describing the move that businesses today
must submit information to dozens of government agencies, often on
paper forms, making businesses wait days for approval before moving
goods across the border.
The new electronic system should reduce wait times to minutes and
"will speed up the shipment of American-made goods overseas,
eliminate often duplicative and burdensome paperwork, and make our
government more efficient," a White House statement said.
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Frustrated by government gridlock, Obama has vowed that this will be
a "year of action," and that he will act on his own when he can to
advance his agenda.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; editing by Peter Cooney)
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