US names 5 more Chinese industries for enforcement under Uygur labour law
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Tuesday's updated list also names caustic soda – a chemical used in textiles and detergents – and red dates, bringing the total number of high-priority sectors targeted under the law to 12.
The Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act, which
went into effect in 2022 , creates a 'rebuttable presumption' that all goods partially or wholly produced in
Xinjiang are tainted by forced labour and therefore barred from being imported.
It was expected to have far-reaching effects on global supply chains given Xinjiang's status as a manufacturing hub for goods ranging from agricultural staples such as
cotton and tomatoes to sought-after materials like
viscose and
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'America has a moral, economic and national security duty to eradicate threats that endanger our nation's prosperity, including unfair trade practices that disadvantage the American people and stifle our economic growth,' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
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'The use of slave labour is repulsive and we will hold Chinese companies accountable for abuses and eliminate threats its forced labour practices pose to our prosperity,' she added.
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