The Trade Underground
Language: English
Published by Trade Underground Press, 2026
- Softcover
- New

Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermanyAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Condition: New
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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - THE SYSTEM HAS RULES. THIS IS THE BOOK ABOUT THE ONES THEY DON'T PUBLISH.Every object you own crossed a border. At that border, someone decided what it was, what it was worth, and what it owed. The Trade Underground is the first insider account of the hidden war fought over that decision.For twenty-five years, James R. Ferry II has worked the seam where global trade meets federal enforcement - the windowless audit rooms, the 2 a.m. phone calls, the containers frozen on the pier while a company's survival ticks down to a number nobody in the building saw coming.This is a world of double invoices and shell-company wires, transshipment fronts that vanish in forty-eight hours, and carbon ledgers laundered with a single keystroke - hunted by a government machine of satellites, algorithms, and the long memory of the banking system. These are real cases, anonymized to protect the people in them and backed by the law that actually decided them.Part war-story collection, part field manual, part confession, it reads like a thriller and teaches you how the border truly works: why the paper always loses to the physics, why your broker isn't your shield, and what it costs to hold the line at the water's edge.Inside:A poker match across a CBP audit tableA $120M valuation fraud undone by a single serial numberA midnight run to beat a forced-labor detentionThe day the $800 e-commerce door welded shutThe carbon lie that burned down a companyIt teaches you to distrust the beautiful document and believe the physical truth underneath it - before the machine makes you.Format: Instant download - EPUB and PDF, no DRM. Read it on any device you own.Facing this at your company CBP audits, UFLPA detentions, AD/CVD or valuation exposure - that's the work of Ferry Trade Group.…
Seller Inventory # 9798997149901
- Title
- The Trade Underground
- Author
- James R. II Ferry
- Publisher
- Trade Underground Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798997149901
- Item weight
- 290 grams
- Dimensions
- 229x152x11 mm
THE SYSTEM HAS RULES. THIS IS THE BOOK ABOUT THE ONES THEY DON'T PUBLISH.
Every object you own crossed a border. At that border, someone decided what it was, what it was worth, and what it owed. The Trade Underground is the first insider account of the hidden war fought over that decision.
For twenty-five years, James R. Ferry II has worked the seam where global trade meets federal enforcement — the windowless audit rooms, the 2 a.m. phone calls, the containers frozen on the pier while a company's survival ticks down to a number nobody in the building saw coming.
This is a world of double invoices and shell-company wires, transshipment fronts that vanish in forty-eight hours, and carbon ledgers laundered with a single keystroke — hunted by a government machine of satellites, algorithms, and the long memory of the banking system. These are real cases, anonymized to protect the people in them and backed by the law that actually decided them.
Part war-story collection, part field manual, part confession, it reads like a thriller and teaches you how the border truly works: why the paper always loses to the physics, why your broker isn't your shield, and what it costs to hold the line at the water's edge.
Inside:
- A poker match across a CBP audit table
- A $120M valuation fraud undone by a single serial number
- A midnight run to beat a forced-labor detention
- The day the $800 e-commerce door welded shut
- The carbon lie that burned down a company
If you import, source, audit, or sign your name to a customs entry, this is a warning. If you just want a gripping look inside a hidden war, it's a story you won't put down.
It teaches you to distrust the beautiful document and believe the physical truth underneath it — before the machine makes you.
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