Filing for duty drawback with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remains one of the most complex and time-consuming processes for American shippers, but it has become easier during the past year ...

The federal government took another step in the fight against human trafficking and forced labor. President Obama signed into law on February 24, 2016, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act ...

Under the TFTEA, CBP has taken an increasingly enforcement-minded posture to prevent and penalize the importation of goods produced using forced labor into the United States. On August 13, 2020, CBP ...

The TFTEA effectively closes a loophole in U.S. trade rules. The Tariff Act of 1930 bars the import of goods made by convict, forced or indentured labor, but it exempts goods for which U.S. demand ...