Market and geopolitical risk analysts said everything has gone wrong, undermining supply chain reliability over the last several years, and businesses are creating redundancy but are still anxious about the additional costs that entails.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely Sept. 20, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Sept. 15.
Sixteen state attorneys general are asking the Security and Exchange Commission to block the listing of SHEIN -- or any other foreign-owned firm -- on a U.S. stock exchange unless a "truly independent" certification can be made that the company does not export goods made with forced labor.
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) should "exercise restraint" in putting entities on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List and focus only on companies that are "clearly implicated" in the use of forced labor, international trade lawyer John Foote said in a blog post Aug. 28.The blog post focuses on Ninestar Corporation's case against FLETF and the potential impact of being included on the Entity List (see 2308230016).
The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to provide any rationale for adding Chinese printer cartridge manufacturer Ninestar Corp., along with eight of its Zhuhai-based subsidiaries, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, the companies, led by Ninestar, argued (Ninestar Corp., et al. v. U.S., CIT # 23-00182).
Canadian mining company GobiMin is "pleased" that the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) has "declined to pursue an investigation of GobiMin’s activities and that it recognized that GobiMin engaged in good faith with the CORE’s initial assessment," a company spokesperson said in an Aug. 22 email.
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The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) will begin an investigation in response to a complaint accusing Ralph Lauren Canada LP of "using or benefiting" from Uyghur forced labor, CORE announced in a press release Aug. 15. This follows the publication of an Initial Assessment report for Ralph Lauren Canada detailing allegations that it has supply relationships with Chinese companies that use Uyghur forced labor.
CBP in July identified 388 shipments valued at more than $107 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor, including goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, the agency said in its most recent operational statistics update. That's down from June, when CBP identified a total of 405 shipments valued at more than $239 million (see 2307190029). Also in July, CBP seized 1,698 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $165 million, the agency said.
The Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act in Canada does not require large Canadian companies to take action or reduce the risk of forced labor in their supply chains, a new analysis from McMaster University said. The study, released Aug. 2, said the act does not hold companies accountable when forced labor is found. The report, conducted with the Governing Forced Labour in Supply Chains Project, focused on the Canadian company Lululemon Athletica.