In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is intended to "[e]nsur[e]

At a December 2 House Ways and Means Committee hearing [https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/hearings/trade-subcommittee-hearing-supporting-us-workers-businesses-and-environment] on "Supporting U.S. Workers, Businesses, and the Environment in the Face of Unfair Chinese Trade Practices," a number of witnesses testified, and

There were two developments last week in the Canadian Senate related to imports of goods made with forced labor, with China specifically mentioned in both instances: (1) Amending existing law and (2) changing how the current law is implemented. First, Canadian Senator Leo Housakos of the opposition Conservative party introduced

As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australian-senate-approves-bill-banning-imports-of-goods-forced-labor/] , in late August, the Australian Senate passed a bill [https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1307] – Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing [https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-lisa-w-wang-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-commerce-vice-jeffrey-kessler] today on the nominations of two Commerce Department officials: Maria Louise Lago as

The Toronto Globe and Mail reported [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-seizes-goods-made-with-forced-labour-from-china-mps-urge-more/] that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has seized a shipment of goods from China that were made with forced labor, although the details on the

As we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/two-recent-biden-administration-actions-against-forced-labor-in-fishing/] in June, on May 26 the Biden administration put forward a proposal [https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/IssueAreas/Trade%20Organizations/WTO/US.Proposal.Forced.Labor.26May2021.final%5B2%5D.pdf] in the