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Citing forced labor, CBP blocks seafood imports from Chinese company

May 28, 2021 at 3:03 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday took the unusual step of issuing a withhold-release order on an entire distant-water fishing fleet owned by a Chinese company the agency determined uses forced labor in its seafood harvesting, blocking imports of seafood sourced from the fleet from entering the U.S. market. The WRO was the 44th issued by CBP for Chinese goods – more than 75 percent of which are still active – and the fifth WRO issued overall in fiscal...

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