The general objective of the IX Meeting of the VUCE (Single Window for Foreign Trade) Network is to continue with the discussions held in December 2016 in Guayaquil, Ecuador during the VIII Meeting of the VUCE Network. It is specifically meant to make progress in the interoperability of the Single Windows – VUCEs – as well as to deepen the dialogue around the other measures included in the Trade Facilitation Agreement, whose main objective is to streamline and simplify trade flows.