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==Convict-made goods== Prior to 2016, the Tariff Act provided that "[a]ll goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in any foreign country by [[convict labor]] or/and [[forced labor]] or/and indentured labor under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States" with a specific exception known as the "consumptive demand exception", which allowed forced labor-based imports of goods where United States domestic production was not sufficient to meet consumer demand.<ref>Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930, quoted in Altschuller, S., [https://www.globalbusinessandhumanrights.com/2016/02/16/u-s-congress-finally-eliminates-the-consumptive-demand-exception/ U.S. Congress Finally Eliminates the Consumptive Demand Exception], ''Global Business and Human Rights'', published by [[Foley Hoag LLP]], 16 February 2016, accessed 22 November 2020</ref> The exception was removed under [[Wisconsin]] Representative [[Ron Kind]]'s amendment bill,<ref>[[GovTrack.us]], [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr190 H.R. 1903 (114th): To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor, and for other purposes], accessed 22 November 2020</ref> which was incorporated into the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 and signed by President [[Barack Obama]] in February 2016.
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