Review Your Supply Chain and Establish Compliance Plans Because Forced Labor Laws are Here to Stay -
If passed, these bills will grant US Customs and Border Protection authority for a region-wide WRO enabling the agency...more
3/5/2021
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
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Forced Labor ,
Global Magnitsky Act ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
Companies in the fashion, luxury, and agricultural spaces should take action in response to the forced labor supply chain due diligence requirements Customs recently announced in connection with withhold release orders (WRO)...more
Just two weeks into CY 2021, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its enforcement efforts against forced labor in China.
This follows months of increasing pressure from labor and human rights groups and...more
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blocked imports of cotton products from a major Chinese state-owned firm in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) on December 2, saying the company uses forced labor of ethnic...more
The US Government has taken action recently to step up enforcement against forced labor.
As particular regions come under increased media scrutiny, the issue has renewed interest in Congress, which is considering several...more
10/26/2020
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Forced Labor ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariff Act of 1930 ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Department of State ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
There is a risk that garments made from cotton produced by XPCC could be subject to a Customs and Border Protection withhold release orders.
Fashion and luxury goods companies need to be concerned about the recent...more
8/26/2020
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Economic Sanctions ,
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Exports ,
Forced Labor ,
Imports ,
Retailers ,
Supply Chain ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
Under the TFTEA, CBP has taken an increasingly enforcement-minded posture to prevent and penalize the importation of goods produced using forced labor into the United States.
On August 13, 2020, CBP announced that it had...more
8/20/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Forced Labor ,
Importers ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a Department-wide strategy to combat human trafficking, child exploitation and forced labor in the supply chain.
The strategy will build on current efforts on...more
Last week, the Trump Administration announced a plan to crack down on the sales of contraband and counterfeit goods online. The steps will affect a number of parties in the supply chain from importers and sellers to customs...more
2/6/2020
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Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Commerce ,
Executive Orders ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Pirating ,
Section 321 ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
On January 15, 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu Hu signed the long-awaited US-China Trade Agreement after nearly two years of a trade war that has resulted in crippling tariffs on almost $500 billion worth...more
1/24/2020
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