Supply chain leaders, site managers and facility operators can no longer treat compliance as administrative overhead. It needs to be approached as essential risk management.
De minimis policies across the globe have allowed Shein, Temu and others to ship products directly from Chinese factories to consumers at prices well below market value.
The industry is starting to suffer from lower freight rates as the disruption in the Red Sea, which effectively is taking out about 7-8% of the world’s fleet.
The union called on retailers and lawmakers to strengthen worker protections, and for shoppers to “treat workers with dignity and respect every day of the year.”
Although O'Connor disagreed with the DOJ's assertion that dismissing the case was in the public interest, he noted that "poor discretion may not be countered with judicial overreach."