
[Cindy's Version] Right Where You Left Me: Is Trade Stuck in the Past?
Host: Cindy Allen
Published: September 18, 2026
Presented by: Global Training Center
Summary
International trade keeps changing—but are businesses, policymakers, and trade professionals changing with it?
In this episode of Simply Trade Cindy’s Version, Cindy Allen uses Taylor Swift’s “Right Where You Left Me” as the lens for a packed week in international trade. Cindy covers developments ranging from CBP refund processing and importer-of-record enforcement to the Jones Act, rail export manifests, trucking challenges at the southern border, ocean freight congestion, and ongoing uncertainty…
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