As the pandemic highlighted issues in the global supply chain and as the United States intensifies its investment in clean energy, more renewable energy manufacturers than ever are considering onshoring (or nearshoring)...more
President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) into law on December 23, 2021. (Click here and here for previous articles on this topic.) On January 24, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...more
As we predicted, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law on December 23, 2021. The law bans the import of goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and it goes into effect...more
On December 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act nearly unanimously. The House bill would create a “rebuttable presumption” that all goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...more
12/10/2021
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Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
On Tuesday, July 13, the Biden administration issued a supply chain advisory on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The advisory renews and refreshes warnings first issued in July 2020 that U.S. companies conducting...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued a Withhold Release Order (“WRO”) against Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Ltd. , a company located in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”). The WRO...more
6/28/2021
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Human Rights ,
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Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in more than 100 countries and territories. Over 110,000 cases have now been documented across the globe,...more
3/10/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Manufacturers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Public Health ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain
After months of uncertainty, the Trump administration announced on Monday that it is imposing a 30% tariff on imported solar cells and modules, which will step down 5% each year thereafter for a duration of four years. In...more
1/24/2018
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Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
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International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Manufacturers ,
Section 201 ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
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