Combating CCP Labor Abuses Act of 2025

Summary

Requires the Department of Commerce to train its employees who counsel U.S. businesses about human-rights risks tied to jurisdictions such as the People’s Republic of China, including forced labor affecting Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. It also directs the department to provide advisory guidance to U.S. businesses on emerging trends, risk factors, ways to avoid doing business with implicated entities, and potential reputational, economic, and legal risks; the guidance is explicitly advisory only.

• Commerce must train employees who counsel businesses about human-rights abuses tied to jurisdictions like the PRC, including forced labor in Xinjiang.
• Commerce must provide advisory guidance to U.S. businesses about emerging human-rights risk trends, risk factors, and steps to avoid implicated entities.
• The guidance must describe reputational, economic, legal, and other risks, but it is explicitly advisory (nonbinding).
• Training and guidance are to be incorporated into existing Commerce programs and updated at the Secretary’s discretion.
• The law does not create new penalties, reporting mandates, or funding authorizations—implementation details and costs are left to Commerce.
• Primary effects are on Commerce counseling services and on U.S. businesses’ due diligence and risk awareness when operating internationally.
• This is an awareness and advisory measure rather than a regulatory or enforcement action.