Good Practice

Defending human rights at the border: what to do before and after a CBP enforcement action under the UFLPA

Issue 34.
June 2023

Author
Donald Pearce
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Donald Pearce, a retired Special Agent from the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, is the founder of Sentinel LLC, a consultancy focused on the intersection of international trade, technology, geopolitics, and security, and is also a Senior Advisor in the Global Risk, Monitorship, and Investigations Practice at trade advisory firm, Torres Trade Advisory. don@torrestradeadvisory.com

With every change in laws and regulations comes a new set of headaches for the compliance professional. As many US importers are realizing, in the case of imports involving products which are suspected to be, in whole or in part, connected to the Xinjiang region, you must have a good supply chain due diligence strategy. Importers should have a strategy for how to deal with the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (“UFLPA”) before and after a Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) enforcement action...

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