About us
The independent and trusted voice on the technology transforming the world’s borders and the trade policies governing them.
Who we are
Customs administrations, port authorities, cargo operators, freight forwarders, and customs brokers keep global trade moving. Two forces are changing their work at the same time. Technology is changing how goods are declared, assessed and cleared. Trade policy is changing the rules they apply, from tariffs and rules of origin to sanctions, export controls, e-commerce and carbon border measures. Both are covered in fragments, spread across vendor brochures, intergovernmental reports and trade-press supplements, and few sources look at them together. The Manifest does that work. We are an independent publication for the global Customs and trade community. We follow a system from procurement to the officer’s screen, and a policy from the negotiating table to the border post, and ask what each changed in practice. We write for the people who have to make both work, with the depth they expect and the independence they need.
Editorial independence
The editorial decisions of The Manifest rest with our editors alone. No investor, advertiser, sponsor, technology provider or government reviews or approves our coverage before publication. Sponsored content is always labelled and kept apart from editorial work. Contributors declare any commercial interest in the subjects they write about, and we correct errors openly.
Our vision
The independent and trusted voice on the technology transforming the world’s borders and the trade policies governing them.
Our mission
We report independently and in depth on the technology and trade policy shaping Customs, ports and supply chains, so that the people who lead them can decide with confidence.
