The bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect on June 21, 2022. Moving forward, any goods mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the...more
7/14/2022
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Earlier this week, a Holland & Knight alert discussed the recently passed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) request for public comments on how best to ensure that goods made...more
President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the Act) into law on Dec. 23, 2021. The Act requires the U.S. government to rapidly develop a new enforcement strategy to strengthen the prohibition of the...more
1/25/2022
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