Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act today, designed to insulate U.S. companies and consumers from complicity in forced labor practices in Xinjiang. Industry groups warn its enforcement could hurt U.S. business interests and Uyghur Muslims.
The experience of solar and apparel companies from previous forced labor enforcement actions by Customs and Border Protection suggest that the new law’s compliance standards will be “practically impossible” to meet, said former CBP trade lawyer Richard Mojica.
Companies trying to purge their supply chains of forced labor have faced pushback from Chinese suppliers, who fear running afoul of Chinese law that bars its companies from enabling foreign sanction regimes. “It’s not a new item and it’s something corporate compliance plans should be prepared for anyway,” he said. “When you're sourcing products from around the world, and especially from China, every company needs to be able to establish what was made, where it was made and how it was made, because Customs has been asking [about it].”
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