Regulation

US forced labor law establishes new compliance paradigm

Issue 25.
July/August 2022

Author
Meredith RathboneNicholas Kimbrell
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Meredith Rathbone is a Partner at Steptoe. She is based in the firm’s London and DC offices. mrathbone@steptoe.com

Nicholas Kimbrell is an Associate in the Washington, DC office of Steptoe.
www.steptoe.com

STEPTOE: OUTSIDE COUNSEL

On 21 June, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act1 (“UFLPA”) – with its hallmark “rebuttable presumption” regarding goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”) – came into effect in the United States. Coupled with new guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and the publication of an enforcement strategy (“the Strategy”) as required under the law, UFLPA establishes a significant new compliance paradigm for the business community.

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