CBP Issues Targeted China WROs; Broader Action on Xinjiang Region Still Being Considered
Four companies and an “training center” in the Xinjiang region of China will be subject to withhold release orders, CBP said Sept. 14. Despite some expectations otherwise, the new WROs don't apply to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which would have amounted to a more “regional” approach by the agency. CBP is still looking at broader restrictions on cotton, textile and tomato products from the region under a WRO, but is undertaking further “legal analysis” on the issue, Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Kenneth Cuccinelli said during a call with reporters.
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Four of the detention orders, issued because of evidence of the use of forced labor on imports, apply to cotton, hair products and computer parts from specific companies in China. The fifth applies to all products made with labor from the Lop County No. 4 Vocational Skills Education and Training Center. Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said during the call that these forced labor actions won't be the last that CBP takes.