Hi-tech tools may keep forced labor goods out of US as top brands brace for Xinjiang ban
“The agency has also increased the amount of resources it devotes to tackling forced labour, with one CBP official saying in July that it would be doubling the size of its forced labour division by the end of this fiscal year, thanks to new funding from Congress.”
[South China Morning Post]
China or the U.S.: Hong Kong firms could soon face difficult choice
“The ‘anti-foreign sanctions law,’ enacted on the mainland in June, is expected to be adopted in Hong Kong by writing it into Hong Kong's mini-constitution. The Chinese mainland laws do not apply in the China-ruled city unless listed in an annex of Hong Kong's constitution or the Basic Law. A formal blessing for the move could come from the Chinese parliament during a four-day session beginning August 17.”
[Deutsche Welle]
Why U.S.-China trade talks are failing to take off
“As part of the campaign, business groups have urged US economic chiefs to resume the process of tariff exemptions which expired at the end of last year, arguing that the punitive tariffs imposed on China in the trade war initiated by former US president Donald Trump are hurting US jobs.”
[South China Morning Post]
Shipping disruptions contained as Ningbo port nears reopening
“Last week’s closure of the Meishan Island Container Terminal after a worker tested positive for the virus put global supply chain managers on edge over a possible repeat of the month-long slowdown at the Yantian terminal in Shenzhen earlier this summer. That incident caused huge shipping delays and container backlogs that took weeks to reduce.”
[American Shipper]
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