Businesses Advised to Intensify Efforts to Identify Forced Labor in China Supply Chains (From Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report)
U.S. businesses, investors, and others with potential exposure in their supply chains to China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region or facilities outside Xinjiang that use labor or goods from Xinjiang are being warned of the economic, legal, and reputational risks of being involved with entities that engage in human rights abuses, including forced labor in the manufacture of goods intended for international distribution. For more info, please go to
FTC Considers Repeal of Care Labeling Requirements for Apparel
(From Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report)
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing to repeal the mandatory care labeling requirements for apparel and certain textile piece goods because it believes they (1) may not be necessary to ensure that manufacturers provide care instructions, (2) may have failed to keep up with a dynamic marketplace, and (3) may negatively affect the development of new cleaning technologies and care symbol revisions. The FTC will accept comments from interested parties for a period of 60 days from the date of publication of the proposal in the Federal Register. For more info, please go to
New Tariffs on Imports from France Slated for January (From Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Report)
The U.S. is planning to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on imports of soap, cosmetics, and handbags from France in response to that country’s digital services tax. However, application of this tariff has been suspended until Jan. 6, 2021. For more info, please go to
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