U.S. staffs up for sanctions crackdown as companies face fresh scrutiny
“The Commerce Department has added more than 50 enforcement staff focused on export controls in the last year and recently adopted stiffer penalties for companies that fail to disclose significant export control violations. The agency's updated policy also encourages companies to turn in competitors by promising to treat tipster corporations more leniently if they come under scrutiny.”
[Reuters]
What evidence shows about China and Uyghur forced labor
“But even areas with partial mechanization only create conditions for a ‘different form’ of forced labor, pulling Uyghur farmers from their land and moving them into strongly surveilled factory environments, where they’re subjected to long work hours, mandatory political indoctrination and evening Mandarin classes.”
[Sourcing Journal]
South Africa’s flirtation with Moscow risks billions in exports to U.S.
“‘The prospect of a loss of tariff-free access to US markets . . . is now a very real risk,’ said Business Leadership South Africa, an industry group. ‘When our current eligibility is reviewed, we should expect that South Africa could fail the access test of not threatening US national security interests.’ South Africa exported more than $15bn worth of goods to the US in 2021, according to the US commerce department.”
[Financial Times]
Bangladesh lifts fumigation requirements on U.S. cotton
“U.S. exporters will continue to use APHIS-generated phytosanitary certificates. But under the new regulation, the certificate will have additional language confirming no live boll weevils are in U.S. baled cotton. APHIS will issue revised instructions for exporters.”
[Cotton Grower]
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