BACKGROUND The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) was enacted on December 23, 2021, and implemented on June 22, 2022. The UFLPA was designed to prevent the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor in China. The multi-agency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) monitors and develops the … Continue Reading
On February 25, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce to investigate an alleged national security threat to the copper supply chain under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act and to report his findings and remediation recommendations.[1] Why Copper? Copper is crucial for defense, infrastructure, electronics, and emerging technologies, … Continue Reading
Members of the Senate Commerce Committee have demonstrated an early bipartisan interest in continuing to promote U.S. supply chain resilience, highlighting an avenue for bipartisanship in the Trump Administration’s foreign policy agenda. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) has partnered with Democratic colleagues as an original cosponsor on the reintroduction of two pieces of legislation aimed at … Continue Reading
I. Background The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act[1] (“UFLPA”) was enacted to address alleged forced labor and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“XUAR”) of China. The Act relies on a rebuttable presumption that goods were made with forced labor if mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, in the XUAR or … Continue Reading
