Workshop A — The Nitty Gritty of UFLPA Compliance: Due Diligence, Supply Chain Tracing and Compliance Programs From A to Z

Nov 6, 2023 9:00am – 12:30 PM

Thomas Cook
Managing Director
Blue Tiger International

Tammy Hetrick
Senior Trade Advisor
A.N. Deringer

Su Kohn Ross
Partner
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Theresa Campobasso
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Government Solutions
Exiger

Where does industry grasp of the UFLPA stand? What can importers expect around enforcement headed into 2024? Through in-depth discussion and hypothetical scenario planning, this workshop will give you the best chance to benchmark your UFLPA compliance program against your trade compliance peers and will offer you a chance to question the experts in a smaller-group workshop setting.

Topics will include:

  • Supply chain tracing information
  • Evidence pertaining to merchandise or any component thereof
  • Evidence pertaining to miner, producer, or manufacturer
  • Requesting an exception to the rebuttable presumption
    • Due diligence system information
    • Supply chain tracing information
    • Supply chain management measures
  • Ramped-up enforcement: The nuts and bolts of responding to CBP audits and wider U.S. government engagement efforts
    • Increased focus on auto and aluminum sectors
    • The UFLPA Region Alert: Increasing detection and enforcement mechanisms used by CBP to more actively enforce the rebuttable presumption
    • U.S./Japan task force promoting international labor standards in supply chains
    • Expansion of CTPAT and other voluntary supply chain compliance programs
  • Understanding forced labor related revisions for both CTPAT Security and CTPAT Trade Compliance
  • Hypothetical UFLPA compliance scenarios