GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

U.S. lawmakers recently introduced a number of bills aimed specifically at mainland China. Two of these bills would restrict investment inflows from as well as outflows to mainland China, while another bill would establish certain restrictions on software downloads. More

Rep. McGovern re-introduced on 18 February bi-partisan legislation that would prohibit the importation of goods made with forced labour in mainland China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. McGovern’s legislation differs in many important respects from legislation re-introduced in the Senate on 27 January by Sens. Rubio and Merkley; by all indications the Senate version is more amenable than the House version to various concerns raised by U.S. importers. More

Downstream products made outside mainland China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region that incorporate cotton and tomato products produced in the XUAR may be detained upon entry into the U.S. under a withhold release order issued against the latter goods, according to information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. More

The DOC has issued a new interim final rule aimed at securing the U.S. information and communications technology and services supply chain. Slated to enter into force on 22 March, the rule creates the processes and procedures that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce will use to identify, assess and address certain transactions between U.S. and foreign persons that (i) involve ICTS designed, developed, manufactured or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by More