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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: October 2024

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Welcome to the October 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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China and Walmart, Please, for the Love of ____, Let’s Observe a Silver Lining Partnership in an Otherwise Dismal Global Landscape

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At a glance, gauging where we stand in our relationship with China overall, one would assume the key operative word in most descriptions would be “dismal” at best. This is of course accurate to a certain extent but looking at...more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: September 2024

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Welcome to the September 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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Forced Labor Questionnaires: Another Helpful Hint

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In February 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began taking a new approach to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcement—questionnaires. Once again, the solar industry is among the first targets, vanguards...more

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Tariffs and Trade

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana. As an example of this I present to you the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. If you are not familiar with this, it is worth taking a moment...more

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DHS’ Second UFLPA Strategy Update: Aluminum, PVC, and Seafood Enter the UFLPA’s Purview for Scrutiny and Enforcement

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Since the inception of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), importers globally have started to become acutely aware of potential forced labor risks hidden beneath intricate supply chains....more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: March 2024

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Welcome to the first issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our new monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

[Webinar] Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights violations and CBP enforcement - January 4th, 11:30...

Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for the second presentation in a monthly series regarding Hot Topics in International Trade Compliance Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

November 2023 Newsletter

In recent years, the global spotlight has illuminated the grave concerns surrounding human rights violations within China's Xinjiang region, particularly those impacting the Uyghur population. The Uyghur Forced Labor...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - November 2023 - U.S. Trade, Nearshoring & China Mexico is Becoming a Popular Manufacturing...

First, please permit me a little bit of digression as always. As many journalists would state, and have, the world is currently on fire regarding regional conflicts that could spiral into WW3 as continuous movement regarding...more

King & Spalding

New U.S. Customs Anti-Forced Labor Tool Will Require Submission Of Chinese Supplier Postal Codes

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On January 26, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) provided more detail on its imminent implementation of another tool to detect potential forced labor imports into the United States. CBP confirmed that it will...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Foley Manufacturing Update - September 2022 - 2

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This news summary is provided by Foley’s Competitive Intelligence Team to inform business leaders of recent news and developments relevant to the Manufacturing Sector. ...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] 2022 International Trade Series - U.S. and China Trade Relations Update - September 29th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

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Please join us for an examination of several current and material trade, sanction, and competition matters between the United States and China. Topics to be discussed include: - The Phase 1 Agreement (important...more

Locke Lord LLP

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: ‎Conflicting Legal Obligations

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Conflicts of laws between the United States and the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) leave manufacturers and importers in a vexing and complex situation when conducting bilateral business and trade. Both countries agree...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Is the U.S. solar industry ready to prove its panels aren’t made with Uyghur forced labor?

The U.S. photovoltaic (PV) industry, solar module suppliers, manufacturers, and renewable energy developers are facing new regulatory challenges with the implementation of new legislation which has a significant impact on...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Webinar] How Does the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Affect Your Company? - January 13th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

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Join us in a webinar discussion on the implications of the new federal law, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The Act is broad and has the potential to impact a wide range of industries with supply chain links to the...more

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U.S. Enacts Law Barring Products Made with Forced Labor in China

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On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the “Act”), which bars the importation into the United States of products made from forced labor in the Xinjiang region of...more

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US Congress Passes the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

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The US Senate and House of Representatives have both passed HR 6256, the bicameral, bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, with the Senate approving the measure by unanimous consent on December 16. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

At a Glance: White House 100-Day Supply Chain Report

In February 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains” (discussed here), requiring (among other things) a report within 100-days requiring key government agencies to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CBP Issues Withhold Release Order on Silica-Based Products from Chinese Entity

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 24, 2021, issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on silica-based products produced by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. (Hoshine) and its subsidiaries. Hoshine makes...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

U.S. Customs Bans More Textile Imports From China

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On December 2, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Withhold Release Order (“WRO”) against cotton products made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (“XPCC”) or any of its affiliates...more

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Five New Products from China Added to Forced Labor List

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The use of forced labor in the Xinjiang province of the People’s Republic of China continues to receive public scrutiny as more than one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been arbitrarily detained in...more

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Note stashed in Christmas card connected to alleged forced labor

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - A young girl in the United Kingdom found a note allegedly written by prisoners in a Shanghai factory that produces charity Christmas cards. The note said, “We...more

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CBP Takes Measures to Enforce Ban on Imports Made With Forced Labor and Sanctions for Forced North Korean Labor in Supply Chains

On November 22, 2017, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) released a statement confirming reports that its major supplier in China, Foxconn Technology Group (“Foxconn”) has used illegal student labor to assemble the latest version of the...more

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