Customs and Border Patrol has already blocked nearly $500 million worth of imports from entering American ports this year because it was made “wholly or in part” by Uyghur forced labor, the agency’s acting head said at an event in Washington on Tuesday. At the Forced Labor Technical Expo at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, acting CBP commissioner Troy Miller launched a new website that tracks shipments blocked due to forced labor and said that 3,605 shipments worth $816 million had been blocked due to suspected forced labor across all of last year. ”“I’m really sorry to tell you,” Highsmith added, “there’s no magic wand that will tell us instantly there’s forced labor in the merchandise; there’s no technology that’s going to replace due diligence