The amended law bans the import of wood products from illegal logging operations, and threatens U.S.companies that violate the law with stiff fines,jail time, and confiscation of their illicitly-traded timber or forest products.
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Aware of these pitfalls, some advocates of linking trade and labour are shy of calling for tariffs and importbans.
It appeared that Iranian pistachios would finally enter the U.S. last March when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lifted 13-year sanctions on them, together with importbans on Persian carpets and caviar.