The US Prohibition on Imports Made with Forced Labour: The New Law Is a ‘Force’ to Be Reckoned With - Global Trade and Customs Journal View The US Prohibition on Imports Made with Forced Labour: The New Law Is a ‘Force’ to Be Reckoned With by - Global Trade and Customs Journal The US Prohibition on Imports Made with Forced Labour: The New Law Is a ‘Force’ to Be Reckoned With 11 11/12

Since 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1307 prohibited importation of goods made wholly or partly by convict forced, or indentured labour under penal sanctions, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was charged with enforcing this law. Up until February 2016, when the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) was enacted, there was a major limitation on CBP’s enforcement due section 1307’s exception of goods not produced in the US sufficiently to meet US consumptive demand. TFTEA eliminated the ‘consumptive demand exception’. This article explores the history of section 1307 and examines the impact on 1307 practice after TFTEA.

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