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Forced Labor

CBP is the primary U.S. agency tasked with combating forced labor in international trade. It is the only agency with legal authority to take enforcement action and prevent entry into domestic commerce of goods produced with forced labor. CBP combats forced labor by issuing Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and Findings, and enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), and Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Goods subject to WROs and Findings, UFLPA, and CAATSA status cannot be entered at any ports of the U.S. 

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Kharon Signs Contract With CBP
October 19, 2023 by Noah Garfinkel|Trade Business

Kharon signed a contract with CBP that will give CBP enforcement officers and investigators "access" to Kharon's "global risk analytics" platform, Kharon said in a news release Oct. 18. The CBP's use of the platform will assist the agency with its "investigations that focus on the networks of foreign actors tied to forced labor and other security threats," Kharon said. CBP did not immediately respond to our request for comment.

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'So Much Uncertainty' Still Surrounds Potential E-Commerce Duties, Experts Say
October 18, 2023 by Noah Garfinkel|International Sources

Katrin Kuhlmann, a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University, and Devi Ariyani, the executive director of the Indonesia Service Dialogue Council, both said they hope the World Trade Organization's moratorium on e-commerce duties is extended, during a Peterson Institute for International Economics event on Oct. 18. Although the moratorium has been regularly extended since 1998, a few countries are preparing to introduce tariffs on digitally transferred goods before the moratorium's expiration in March 2024, Cecilia Malmström, a nonresident senior fellow at PIIE, said at the event.

Texas Public Safety Dept. Lifts Truck Inspections at Southern Border
October 16, 2023 by Noah Garfinkel|Customs

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) ended its 100% truck inspections at midnight Oct. 13 for "certain ports of entry" on the southern border, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an Oct. 16 email. The inspections affected the "Laredo-Colombia Solidarity Bridge, as well as the ports of Ysleta and Marcelino Serna, and the Bridge of the Americas." The inspections began Oct. 12 (see 2310120058). The inspections also included the Tornillo Port (see 2310130059).

Texas DPS Inspections at Laredo-Colombia Bridge Expected Through Oct. 13; No 'Expected Duration'
October 13, 2023 by Noah Garfinkel|Transport

The Texas Department of Public Safety is "at this time" conducting "enhanced commercial vehicle safety inspections at the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso, Tornillo Port of Entry (POE) in El Paso County, Ysleta-Zaragoza Bridge in El Paso and the Colombia Bridge in Laredo, as those vehicles cross into Texas, theTexas DPS said in an emailed statement on Oct. 13.