Revision to Trade Enforcement Act Gives CBP More Authority to Ban Imported Seafood for Forced Labor
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - June 12, 2017
A revision to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, finalized last week, will allow the US Customs Department to ban imported seafood that is produced with forced labor.
The change to section 910 of the Act removes the “consumptive demand” clause from the regulation.
Under this clause, US importers were able to import merchandise into the US that was produced with forced labor if domestic production could not satisfy demand for the product...
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