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Forced Labor Efforts Showing Results, 'Many' WROs Being Modified, Leonard Says

CBP's forced labor efforts are "really showing results," John Leonard, deputy executive assistant commissioner of CBP's Office of Trade, said July 19 at the Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit. "Many of our [withhold release orders], especially the ones in…

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Malaysia, are in the process of being modified, which means workers are being treated better," he said. "They're actually getting better pay, better living conditions." CBP will modify a WRO for a specific entity if it can show to CBP that all indicators of forced labor have been remediated.