A Wall Street Journal story published online last Friday discussed increased enforcement of the UFLPA as one potential weapon the Trump Administration could use in its trade war with China. The WSJ included a quote from Kim Glas, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations, urging stronger enforcement:
We're really hopeful that they will take it even further to step up enforcement even more, because industries like ours matter and that this will help them achieve some of their key goals.
Nazak Nikakhtar, who served as an Assistant Commerce Secretary during the first Trump Administration, also expressed disappointment with how the UFLPA has been used so far:
It was really disappointing, the light touch, or barely any touch that [the Biden Administration] had in enforcement.