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Recent developments in Congress and now unprecedented action by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) likely signal increased
supply chain enforcement may be coming – and US importers
should take notice.
As discussed in our previous blog entry, on March 18, 2021, the Senate
Finance Committee held a hearing titled, Fighting Forced
Labor: Closing Loopholes and Improving Customs Enforcement to
Mandate Clean Supply Chains and Protect Workers. In his
opening remarks, Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) unequivocally stated
that forced labor, which is modern day slavery , occurs