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CBP’s Office of Trade

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My name is Elena Van

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Horn, and my job title is Supervisory
Attorney Advisor.

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Also called a branch chief in our office

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My job entails protecting the country

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from the importation of counterfeit
and substandard products.

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So I supervise a team of attorneys
and paralegals

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that we focus on border enforcement
of intellectual property rights.

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But on a daily basis,
we work with officers

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that are stationed at all
328 ports of entry across the country,

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and we advise them on
whether goods that they have detained

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or stopped from immediate
release would be subject to seizure

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or interdiction for violating
an intellectual property rights.

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My name is suffering from.

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I am a chief economist
for CBP of the trade

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a supervisor branch of five economists,

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and we work on regulations,

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any regulation that the government issues
needs

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to have economic analysis attached to it

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to basically tell the public
whether it's a good idea or not.

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So we look at the facts and CBP
and the public and airlines

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and trade members, whoever
could be affected by the regulation,

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and we add up the costs and benefits

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and make a determination
whether we should proceed with it the way.

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My favorite part is

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helping the agency make their decisions

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I like looking at a regulation
and figuring out ways of improving it

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or ways of expressing to the public
how good a job it is.

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CBP does a lot of great things
for travelers or the trade industry,

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a lot for the general public
in the form of security.

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The best part of my job is the mission.

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It's very easy to wake up every day
and come to work

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and know exactly what I'm doing
and why I'm doing it,

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and it's just incredibly rewarding
and valuable.

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We're looking for people that can write,
people that can communicate orally,

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that can gather information from

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stakeholders, from other CBP employees
about how the program works,

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how different groups would be affected,
and then expressing it in a written form.

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That's very important stuff.

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The main advice I would give
is to stay persistent.

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It's very competitive.

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These positions,
but to keep applying and keep at it.

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And just because something
maybe doesn't match

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every serious criteria
that you're looking for,

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it doesn't mean that it wouldn't
be an incredibly valuable experience.

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For more information, visit cbp.gov/careers