A report issued this week alleges that most of the global auto industry is tainted with forced labor and is significantly tied to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“Uyghur Region”). The report, written by a number of...more
On Nov. 23 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) restricting imports of raw sugar and sugar-based products produced in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation Limited (Central...more
It may come as a surprise to most businesses that some goods around the globe are still being made with forced labor at this moment in time. But unfortunately that is the case and decades-old laws are increasingly being...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is aggressively enforcing the Withhold Release Order (WRO) on products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. CBP issued the region-wide WRO on Jan. 13, based on...more
The Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (“CTPAT”) programis a voluntary and incentive-based program that has been an integral part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) cargo enforcement strategy to combat...more