Clifford Chance

US Government Issues Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory, Emphasizing Human Rights Due Diligence

July 28, 2020

On July 1, the US Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, and Treasury issued an advisory, "Risks and Considerations for Businesses with Supply Chain Exposure to Entities Engaged in Forced Labor and other Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang", to assist companies in complying with the ever-increasing business and trade restrictions the US government has imposed and continues to impose on public and private entities and individuals with respect to Xinjiang. The new restrictions affect businesses in a variety of sectors—including financial institutions and corporates—and apply not only to US companies, but also to any company that is subject to the US government's broad enforcement jurisdiction.

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