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On March 29, 2021, United States Customs and Border Protection
("CBP") announced that it will begin seizing disposable
rubber gloves made in Malaysia by the world's largest glove
producer, Top Glove Corporation Bhd., following a months-long investigation. CBP found that Top
Glove had used labor from inmates, or forced or indentured labor,
in the manufacture of its disposable rubber glove products. CBP announced that it "will not tolerate
foreign companies' exploitation of vulnerable workers to sell
cheap, unethically-made goods to American consumers." This
finding, issued pursuant to 19 C.F.R. § 12.42, expands upon a