The Standards Advisory Group (SAG) of Technical Committee 68 (TC 68) of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) responded to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiative named "Global Business Identifier (GBI)" in early December, agreeing that a single solution to identify the different trade entities associated with US imports will greatly facilitate the collection of information on these entities. Specifically, the SAG believes the ISO 17442 (LEI) standard could be leveraged in the support of the CBP requirements.
Click here to read the SAG response to the GBI initiative.