{"id":32776,"date":"2026-05-29T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/?p=32776"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:44:19","slug":"gbta-warns-potential-cbp-operational-changes-risk-disrupting-u-s-travel-competitiveness-and-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/gbta-warns-potential-cbp-operational-changes-risk-disrupting-u-s-travel-competitiveness-and-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"GBTA Warns Potential CBP Operational Changes Risk Disrupting U.S. Travel Competitiveness and Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

GBTA statement: “In light of the U.S. Administration\u2019s consideration of changes to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations at certain airport ports of entry\u2014including the withdrawal of CBP officers from major gateway airports\u2014the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA<\/u><\/a>) is expressing serious concerns about the potential implications for international travel into the U.S. and the resulting impact for the U.S. economy overall.

Efficient, reliable, and secure entry into the U.S. is foundational to both leisure and business travel. Disruptions to CBP operations could create delays, uncertainty and congestion at critical entry points into the U.S. These challenges would have cascading effects across business activity, international commerce and supply chains that depend on the seamless movement of people and goods.

Business travel, in particular, depends on predictability and confidence in the travel experience. GBTA\u2019s latest economic impact data shows that international inbound business travel spending in the U.S. represents $50.7 billion annually, supporting jobs, investment and economic growth across the nation.

Policies that introduce friction at the border could discourage travel to the U.S. for meetings, events and investment opportunities\u2014at a time when global competition for international travelers and business activity is intensifying. The U.S. cannot afford unintended consequences that limit its accessibility or competitiveness.

Maintaining efficient and secure border operations must remain a top priority. This includes ensuring adequate CBP staffing levels, leveraging trusted traveler programs and advancing modernized screening processes that facilitate legitimate travel while upholding strong security standards. GBTA has consistently raised concerns about policy changes affecting entry requirements\u2014including recent ESTA-related proposals<\/u><\/a>\u2014emphasizing the importance of carefully evaluating potential impacts on global mobility and economic growth.

GBTA urges the U.S. Administration to assess the real-world impacts of these changes on travelers, businesses, the aviation system and the U.S. economy as a whole. Policies must protect national security while ensuring the U.S. remains accessible, competitive\u00a0and open for business.”\u00a0 – Suzanne Neufang, CEO, Global Business Travel Association<\/em>

Acerca de GBTA<\/strong>
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is the world\u2019s premier business travel and meetings trade organization serving stakeholders across six continents. GBTA and its 9,000+ members\u00a0represent\u202fand advocate for the\u00a0$1.69\u00a0trillion\u202fglobal business travel and meetings industry. GBTA and the GBTA Foundation deliver world-class education, events, research, advocacy, and media to a growing global network of more than 28,000 travel professionals and 125,000 active contacts.\u202fFor more information, visit\u202fGBTA.org<\/a>. and\u00a0Fundaci\u00f3n GBTA.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GBTA statement: “In light of the U.S. Administration\u2019s consideration of changes to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations at certain airport ports of entry\u2014including the withdrawal of CBP officers from major gateway airports\u2014the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) is expressing serious concerns about the potential implications for international travel into the U.S. and the resulting…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"13539,2672,2398,2466,754,1903","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1546,1307,1555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-government-relations","category-united-states"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Debbie Iannaci","author_link":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/author\/diannacigbta-org\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":1546,"name":"Advocacy","slug":"advocacy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1546,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":44,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1546,"category_count":44,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Advocacy","category_nicename":"advocacy","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1307,"name":"Government Relations","slug":"government-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1307,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":63,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1307,"category_count":63,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Government Relations","category_nicename":"government-relations","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1555,"name":"United States","slug":"united-states","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1555,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":45,"count":20,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1555,"category_count":20,"category_description":"","cat_name":"United States","category_nicename":"united-states","category_parent":45}],"tag_info":false,"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1546,"label":"Advocacy"},{"value":1307,"label":"Government Relations"},{"value":1555,"label":"United States"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"mfb_rest_fields":["featured_image_src_large","author_info","comment_info","category_info","tag_info","taxonomy_info","featured_image_src","featured_image_src_square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32779,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32776\/revisions\/32779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbta.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}