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A lack of specifics and dire consequences for listing companies on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List creates "an enormously high-stakes and error-prone" environment, customs lawyer John Foote of Kelley Drye said April 14 in a blog post.
Forced labor enforcement is "likely to ramp up even further" based on the inquiry of automakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and a letter from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, international trade lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP Ted Murphy said April 13. Wyden's investigation, which began last December, focuses on automakers and their use of forced labor in the supply chain (see 2212220045). Wyden's role as Senate Finance Committee chairman means the investigation on the auto industry's supply chains and their connection to Xinjiang "is likely going to spur CBP into action," and auto manufacturers and suppliers will likely see increased UFLPA detentions, according to Murphy.
The chair and co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, along with the lead sponsors of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, told Homeland Security Undersecretary Robert Silvers that they're concerned about the implementation of UFLPA, and that they intend to call Silvers to testify at a hearing in the near future, along with "a panel of experts on trade, labor trafficking, and supply chain mapping."
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Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau are not included under recently deployed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act requirements in ACE, CBP said in a recent CSMS message. Those customs territories are recognized under the separate country codes HK, TW and MO, respectively, CBP said. The UFLPA Region Alert took effect in ACE on March 18.
An international trade lawyer with Crowell's Los Angeles office said the focus of CBP on raw materials, whether cotton in apparel or polysilicon in solar panels, requires far more visibility into supply chains than importers were used to.
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Companies attempting to comply with U.S. laws against importing goods made with forced labor need to choose their words carefully when communicating with Chinese suppliers, said a trade lawyer on a recent webinar. A Chinese law enacted in recent years means using the words Uyghur or Xinjiang, among others, could expose the importer or their Chinese suppliers to legal liability.
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