Business and human rights expectations and obligations, based at their core on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), are now increasingly being integrated into non-binding local business expectations...more
Can you prove the absence of forced labor in your supply chain? As of June 21, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will presume that all goods manufactured in whole or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region...more
6/22/2022
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Forced Labor ,
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Human Rights ,
Importers ,
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Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Restrictions ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
On Thursday, December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”) into law. The Act aims to “ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the...more
12/28/2021
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China ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Goods or Services ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Supply Chain ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) ,
Withhold Release Orders (WROs)