News / New US clampdown on goods from Chinese firms using forced labour

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US importers beware: the Department of Homeland Security is increasing scrutiny on goods which may have been made using forced labour.

It has extended restrictions on imports from three more companies in China, which export seafood, aluminium and footwear, adding them to a 68-strong list on the Uygur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) entity list.

Since Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have applied “a rebuttable presumption that goods produced by these entities will be prohibited from entering the United States”.

It said: ...