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On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a press release announcing that it had issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) for imports of sea salt products from Taepyung Salt Farm, a South Korean company, “based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor.” The WRO is effective immediately…

On March 3, 2025, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) delivered President Donald Trump’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda, 2024 Annual Report, and World Trade Organization at Thirty report to Congress. This year’s trade agenda seeks to strengthen the middle class and national defense and to address trade deficits by focusing on a “Production…

On January 14, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of 37 companies based in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the total number of entities on the UFLPA Entity List to nearly 150 entities. 

According to a press release by DHS, the entities added include globally recognized…

On December 10, 2024, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it was initiating an investigation into Nicaragua’s acts, policies, and practices related to labor rights, human rights, and the rule of law. The investigation will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and is the first under Section…

On December 4, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a forced labor finding concerning aluminum extrusions and profile products produced wholly or in part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. (“Kingtom”), a Chinese-owned aluminum extruder in the Dominican Republic. Effective December 4, CBP will seize any articles that are covered by CBP’s forced labor finding…

On October 31, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that effective November 1, 2024, four textile Chinese entities have been added to the UFLPA Entity List. These entities have been determined by DHS to be facilities and entities that source material from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region or from persons working with the…

On July 29, 2024, both the Departments of Commerce and State issued separate but complementary proposed rules seeking public comment on enhanced restrictions on exports, reexports, or support to military or intelligence end users and end uses in countries of concern, consistent with the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Department of Commerce’s…