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Trade

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100 Days of Making America Safe Again

In just 100 days, President Trump and Secretary Noem have delivered major victories addressing the crisis at the southern border, removing violent criminal illegal aliens from American communities, and stopping the flow of illicit drugs into our homeland.

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About Us

Information about the SCRC which serves as a hub for key U.S. government and industry partners to come together to anticipate, analyze, and plan for potential supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Resilience Center

The DHS Supply Chain Resilience Center (SCRC) leverages DHS programs and authorities to enhance the resilience of supply chains which are crucial for homeland security.

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UFLPA FAQs

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Frequently Asked Questions

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FLETF

The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force is an interagency team dedicated to stopping goods made with forced labor from entering U.S. supply chains.

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2020 Economic Security Annual Assessment

This Trade and Economic Security (TES) report represents a collective understanding of U.S. economic security by DHS and is intended to drive policy actions across the government to strengthen U.S. global economic standing and secure supply chains.

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Trade and Economic Security

The Office Trade and Economic Security (TES) establishes policies that enable the lawful flow of goods and services, people and capital, and information and technology across our borders; and position DHS to effectively counter threats to U.S. entities engaged in global commerce. TES functions include protecting the U.S. economy from nefarious foreign investors as well as the facilitation and enforcement of legitimate trade and travel.

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Trade Transparency

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is the process of disguising criminal proceeds through trade to legitimize their illicit origins.

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Investigating Illegal Movement of People and Goods

Illegal trade, in a very general sense, predominately involve guns, money and drugs, but ICE’s responsibilities extend much further into all kinds of illegal and counterfeit merchandise coming into the country.

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Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Committee on Finance hearing titled “Protecting E-commerce Consumers from Counterfeits”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade Executive Assistant Commissioner, Brenda Brockman Smith addresses CBP’s responsibility for enforcing nearly 500 U.S. trade laws and regulations on behalf of 49 other federal agencies, and its critical role in the Nation’s efforts to keep unsafe counterfeit and pirated goods from threatening the health and safety of American consumers, national security, and America’s innovation economy.