U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor.
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Bipartisan members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which the agency reports to about forced labor enforcement, have also pressured CBP to increase its enforcement, sending letters urging it to take more action during both the Trump and the Biden administrations. A second GAO report last year noted that many investigations were on hold because of the lack of staffing and resources — it was the listed reason for as many as two-thirds of all suspended investigations.
"Will CBP enforce aggressively and appropriately? Will DOJ take action where action is appropriate?" asked Nova of the Worker Rights Consortium."If those two things happen, it is going to have a significant impact on how corporations assess risk and therefore how they behave in their supply chains, which will help workers."Goods no longer allowed to enter the U.S. can easily find their way to other markets, however.
Most countries decry forced labor, but until last year, the U.S. was the only country with the statutory power to detain goods made with forced labor. Some countries, like the U.K. and France, recently implemented transparency laws requiring companies to report how they identify and take action against human rights risks in their supply chains, as well.
"A lot of these problematic jurisdictions ... the export market is somewhat diverse," said John Sifton, advocacy director for Human Rights Watch."But in a lot of these countries, if you add the E.U. and U.S. together, you're basically talking about the majority of exports in a lot of sectors."
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