As TCEPro 2026 advances into Module 8, the focus turns to one of the most complex and enforcement-intensive risk areas facing the automotive and EV sectors today: forced-labor compliance, critical minerals exposure, and China-centric supply chains.
This module provides a rigorous and execution-focused view of how UFLPA enforcement, critical-minerals dependencies, and intersecting trade regimes are reshaping sourcing decisions, supplier governance, and risk management. Participants will examine how organizations must build defensible, data-driven operating models to withstand scrutiny and sustain market access.
Topics covered:
- UFLPA legal architecture and the rebuttable presumption in automotive and EV supply chains
- Xinjiang (XUAR) and Entity-List exposure across multi-tier automotive suppliers
- Designing a defensible UFLPA due-diligence, governance, and escalation operating model
- End-to-end supply chain mapping as the foundation for UFLPA rebuttal strategies
- Critical minerals under UFLPA: steel, aluminum, copper, lithium, and automotive dependency
- Melt-and-pour traceability and chain-of-custody controls for metal-consuming components
- China-centric automotive and EV supply chains: structural exposure and de-risking strategies
- Section 301 automotive cases and China-built vehicles: tariff risk and manufacturing strategy
- Intersecting enforcement regimes: UFLPA, Section 301, IEEPA, and national-security controls
- AI-enabled traceability, risk scoring, and data governance for forced-labor compliance
Featuring: Douglas Mackay
Douglas Mackay is a global customs and trade executive with over 40 years of experience across the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Africa. A former South African customs official, he later led automotive trade compliance operations in China and is widely recognized for his expertise in customs valuation, rules of origin, and classification.
Enroll today to strengthen forced-labor compliance, manage China-related supply-chain exposure, and build resilient, defensible trade governance frameworks.