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We’re less than one month away from our highly anticipated Hybrid Forced Labor Due Diligence Conference on May 15, 2025, and early registration pricing ends in one week, on May 1. With increasing momentum across the industry to combat forced labor, this event is your chance to gain essential insights, align on expectations, and explore practical solutions for advancing due diligence efforts.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is escalating its inspections and mass denials of Chinese automotive and aerospace shipments under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), new CBP figures show. Those detainments signal the continuation of a shift under the Trump administration that had accelerated suddenly in the final months of the Biden administration.

This is part of our series recapping sessions from the 2024 Hybrid IMDS, Product Compliance & Sustainability Conference.

How important does the quality of the data need to be in order to meet the requirements of the Product Passports, PCF, and the Digital Twin? The 2024 Hybrid IMDS, Product Compliance & Sustainability Conference session “IMDS, Product Carbon Footprint, and Quality” gave an informative overview. Here are highlights from presenter Michael Wurzman, president and founder of RSJ Technical Consulting.

Kyle Grobler helps companies leverage best practices to achieve efficiencies and adhere to complex regulations. An internationally recognized global trade professional and featured speaker at AIAG’s upcoming webinar on May 8, 2025, titled “North American Tariffs: Strategies for Trade Success,” Grobler has robust expertise in auditing, duty recovery and mitigation, strategic planning, and helping businesses achieve cost savings and operational improvements. In this exclusive interview, Grobler shares strategies for navigating the latest tariff challenges and shares highlights from the upcoming webinar.

Need to navigate growing carbon disclosure requirements at the part/material, manufacturing site, and company levels?

Brenda Baney, CEO of BCubed Consulting, has volunteered with AIAG for over 20 years. Learn about her contributions, challenges, advice, and more in this informative Q&A.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aggressively targeted the automotive and aerospace sector in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, inspecting more shipments over that period than in previous years in total.

AIAG is prioritizing proactive protection through our Forced Labor Due Diligence Program, crafted to safeguard your business, customers, and human rights. In support of that initiative, our trusted collaborator, Kharon, hosted an insightful webinar series in February with our valued service providers — Altana, Resilinc, and Supplier Assurance — and the recordings are now available.

This is part of our series recapping sessions from the 2024 Hybrid IMDS, Product Compliance & Sustainability Conference.

Are you in the know about extended producer responsibility (EPR) around packaging? A session at the 2024 Hybrid IMDS, Product Compliance & Sustainability Conference titled “Introduction to the Packaging EPR and the Impacts for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and the Automotive Supply Chain” covered the latest information.