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ARTICLE · 29 JUNE 2020

FTC Issues Staff Report On "Made In USA" Workshop

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The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report on the "Made in USA" Workshop that the FTC held last fall.

United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report on the "Made in USA" Workshop that the FTC held last fall.  (At the same time, the FTC also proposed a new "Made in USA Labeling" rule, which we previously reported on.) 

In 1997, the FTC published its Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin Claims, which gives marketers guidance about how to make proper claims that a product is made in the United States.  The policy statement advises marketers that before making an unqualified "made in USA" claim about a product, the marketer should substantiate that the product was "all or virtually all" made in the United States. 

Here are some key take-aways from the report: 

  • The FTC's current "made in USA" enforcement program consists of monitoring, counseling, and targeted enforcement.  The FTC currently receives several hundred complaints a year, and FTC staff "typically works with companies to bring them into compliance and then sends closing letters, without

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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