U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it is detaining at all ports any seafood linked to a Chinese fishing vessel suspected to use forced labor.
“Combatting forced labor is central to CBP’s mission to protect the economic security of the United States,” CBP acting Commissioner Pete Flores said in a statement. “The President recently charged us to restore American seafood competitiveness by combatting unfair trade practices, and issuing this order is one way we are contributing to that goal.”
CBP issued the May 28 withhold release order on vessel Zhen Fa 7, ordering its officers at all U.S. ports to block entry of seafood harvested from the Chinese-flagged vessel….