DHS and CBP have “detained over $2.6 billion of cargo in less than two years under this (UFLPA) act — thousands of shipments of tomatoes, cotton products, apparel, polysilicon, aluminum and metals, automotive parts and agricultural products.”

Read this interview with Robert Silvers of the US Department of Homeland Security discusses enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Interview on UFLPA

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Logistics in Asia Pacific is already in a state of flux that’s creating bottlenecks and affecting the bottom line. Experts predict this upheaval will only increase as the year moves ahead. What are the causes of this turmoil? The pertinent answer to this question ranges from an unstable global order, more extreme weather events, accelerating technological change and economic uncertainty. 

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This is the amazing team from Instituto Procomex that arranged the sold-out super successful International AEO Conference in São Paulo this week. What a talented group of people.

These border management, process mapping & change management experts arranged one of the best conferences ever.

And they were so generous to invite me & my brother Ernani A. Checcucci Filho from the World Bank into their photo.