Imports, Entity List, U.S. Commerce Department

Two Bills Targeting Forced Labor in Chinese Supply Chains Reintroduced in US Congress

Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/27/2025

Over the last several weeks, two bills targeting Chinese supply chains were reintroduced in Congress. Although different in their approach, the COBALT Supply Chain Act and TASK Act both seek to address goods from China...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2023 - Doing Business with China Continues to Get More Difficult for U.S. Companies

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 2/6/2023

The year 2022 saw a substantial increase in export restrictions applicable to China. The U.S. and China are not only in a trade war but there is also an effort by the U.S. to (1) prevent development of supercomputers,...more

U.S. Commerce Department Adds Dozens of High-Tech Chinese Companies to Entity List

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/20/2022

On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it is adding 36 primarily Chinese entities, including Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies and...more

Understanding and Complying with the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act

BakerHostetler on 6/29/2022

The Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA) applies to all merchandise imported into the United States on or after June 22, 2022. The UFLPA establishes a rebuttable presumption that goods mined, produced, or manufactured...more

Additional US Sanctions and Export Controls Issued Against Russia and Belarus as Russian Invasion of Ukraine Persists

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/9/2022

This alert summarizes the current state of trade measures and restrictions against both Russia and Belarus, following our last update on February 25, 2022....more

U.S. Department of Commerce Sanctions Seven Chinese Supercomputer Firms

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/26/2021

On April 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added seven Chinese supercomputer firms and organizations to its Entity List, the agency’s principal export sanctions list. BIS alleges...more

US Sanctions on Chinese Apparel Companies for Forced Labor Hit Retail Supply Chains

ArentFox Schiff on 8/26/2020

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

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