PECC Signature Project Report Artificial intelligence has significant potential to improve trade facilitation across the Asia-Pacific, but its adoption should remain practical, evidence-based, and grounded in strong governance. Generative AI is expected to play an increasingly important role in customs and border management, particularly when connected to authoritative knowledge bases. Practical applications include officer assistants that search laws, rulings, procedures, and risk indicators; trader assistants that guide document preparation; classification copilots that retrieve tariff notes and prior rulings; and risk-analysis assistants that summarize trader history, case files, and open-source intelligence. Looking further ahead, agentic AI may enable suites of AI agents to...