Comment Period for UFLPA Opens on January 24
As an update to our Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) post, the public comment period will open on Monday, January 24, 2022. A Federal Register Notice will be published on
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This is an update to our December 22, 2021 post on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
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