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Recent Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Articles

3Sep, 2023

US Imposes Duties on Southeast Asia Solar Panel Makers Evading China Tariffs

By |Sunday, September 3rd, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , |

On August 18, 2023, the United States government announced that solar panels, cells, and modules completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam using components from China and exported to the U.S., are circumventing the more than decade old antidumping tariffs on solar panels from China. ...

5Aug, 2023

Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor

By |Saturday, August 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

The increasing number of businesses concerned about modern slavery in their supply chain are paying attention to the U.S. government's announcement of new enforcement actions “.. to eliminate the use of forced labor practices in the U.S. supply chain and promote accountability for the ongoing ...

30Apr, 2023

More Than 1,000 Shipments of Solar Panels Seized at the Border

By |Sunday, April 30th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , |

More than $1 Billion of shipments have been interdicted by the U.S. government under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act since that law became effective last June 21. “ .. underscoring our commitment to combating forced labor everywhere, including in Xinjiang, where genocide and crimes against humanity ...

3Sep, 2022

UN Human Rights Assessment of Uyghurs by China Drives ESG

By |Saturday, September 3rd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

We have blogged repeatedly that “the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor” is a key element, if not singularly the most important principle of a business’s practices. That point was driven home with the release last Wednesday, by The United Nations Human ...

12Jun, 2022

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to be Enforced June 21

By |Sunday, June 12th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Congress passed, and on December 23, 2021 President Biden signed into law, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The new law that will be enforced beginning June 21, 2022 has implications for imported cotton and tomatoes and most significantly for solar panels. The Act, codified ...

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