By Cape News |
Sep 20, 2024
In a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed the Anti-BDS Labeling Act (H.R. 5179), codifying a Trump-era trade rule clarifying labeling requirements for goods imported from Israel, the Gaza Strip, or the West Bank. In 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated its country of origin labeling guidance to accurately reflect whether an item originated in a region of the West Bank under Israel’s jurisdiction, a region of the West Bank independent of Israel, or Hamas-controlled Gaza.