On June 9, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would restrict banks from doing business with entities operating in Xinjiang and other regions where human rights abuses occur.

At the recently concluded WTO Ministerial Conference, one of the key negotiating outcomes was a new agreement on fisheries subsidies. China is a leading provider of these subsidies, so the scope of the disciplines in this new agreement is of great importance to Chinese policymakers. At one point in the

On June 21, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which prohibits, pursuant to Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part

A bipartisan group of members of Congress who head up the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees "requesting expanded funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to vigorously enforce the import restrictions required by the

As we reported last November, Canadian Senator Leo Housakos of the opposition Conservative party introduced a bill to amend the Customs Tariff so as to prohibit the importation of goods manufactured in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Last week, the Canadian Senate debated the bill as part of

Six Republican Senators have introduced legislation that would "require the Securities and Exchange Commission to require reporting of sourcing and due diligence activities of companies involving supply chains of products that are imported into the United States that are directly linked to products utilizing forced labor from Xinjiang, China.

In a UK parliamentary discussion last week, a Member of Parliament raised the issue of Uyghur forced labor in supply chains, prompting a brief discussion between MPs and a UK government official.