U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

The U.S. customs and border agency. It banned imports of tyres from Linglong's factory in Zrenjanin (December 2025) and of Zijin copper from Bor (June 2026) after finding indicators of forced labour, including the confiscation of identity documents, withheld wages and threats.

Affairs

• Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin: It issued an order detaining imports of tyres from the factory over nine indicators of forced labour
• Zijin in Bor and Majdanpek: pollution, relocations and workers: On 16 June 2026 it issued a withhold release order on Zijin copper over six indicators of forced labour