[Sourcing Journal] New CTPAT Updates Like TSA Pre-Check for Modern Slavery

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Effective August 1, 2023, all trade compliance members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, a.k.a. CTPAT, will have to comply with new minimum security criteria related to forced labor…

Sourcemap’s Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Marissa Brock, talks about the impacts of CTPAT and how supply chain mapping acts as a safeguard against noncompliance.

“You have to conduct risk-based mapping regardless of where you’re sourcing from and really identify whether you have areas in your supply chain that may be at the risk of forced labor,” she said.

Still, companies should see these new stipulations not as a burden but as a benefit, Brock said. By requiring more robust relationships with their suppliers, importers can better ensure that they’re working with the right people.

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