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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Calls for Significant Changes To Federal Domestic Preference Policy, Waivers, and Buy American Eligibility -
President Biden signed an executive order (order or EO) on January 25, 2021, to direct more spending of the...more
2/2/2021
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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
US tariffs are applied at the time of import and so the elevated role played by US Customs and Border Protection should not be underestimated. While the Customs section begins with the analysis “The Wait Is Over: USMCA Border...more
1/5/2021
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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