Effective January 15, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added 37 China-based companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, marking the single largest expansion of the UFLPA Entity List since its creation in 2022. Included in the additions is a large supplier of critical minerals, as well as one of
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DHS adds 26 China-based cotton traders and warehouse facilities to UFLPA Entity List
Effective May 17, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is adding 26 China-based cotton traders and warehouse facilities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List based on the U.S. government’s reasonable cause to believe the entities source or sell cotton from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang). These companies will now be…
EU market will no longer have products made with forced labour
By Yves Melin, Jin Woo Kim, Anna Golouchko & Isabel Fressynet on
The Forced Labour Regulation in the EU prohibits products made with forced labour from being placed on the EU market and exported from the EU. Forced labour is defined as work or service that is exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or…