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
+ About author

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 actio...

Continue reading

SUBSCRIBED FEATURES

  • Export Compliance Manager Tackles the issues and challenges that keep trade compliance professionals awake at night... with insight and with solutions.
  • Export Compliance Manager Shares the know-how of experienced professionals, keeping its readers on top of developing best practice in trade compliance AND helping to deliver real commercial advantage.
  • Export Compliance Manager Celebrates the valuable contribution of trade compliance professionals to their companies, communities and to international security.

SUBSCRIBELOGIN

Jonny Test