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In a breathless year of tariffs unleashed by the administration of President Donald Trump, perhaps no one has had to live the reality of every fluctuation of trade policy than customs brokers. Each arrival of foreign products imported to the U.S. requires filings with the government, a bureaucratic hurdle that many importers turn to customs brokers for help. With a spate of new trade rules unleashed by the Trump administration, brokers have seen their demand grow alongside their workloads. They have had to race to keep up as duties have been imposed and taken away with little notice, and have struggled to interpret the unclear language in orders.

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals that are seeing their numbers decline due to the exotic pet trade. The two-week meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is running through Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There are proposals to tighten regulations or outlaw the trade of several species including iguanas from the Galápagos Islands, more than a dozen species of Latin America tarantulas and a strange-looking turtle from Africa. Experts say the market is fueled by the internet and social media.