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US targets steel, copper, lithium imports under Uighur forced labour law
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FILE PHOTO: A view shows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signage in New York City, U.S., July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was targeting more imports of Chinese goods, including steel, copper and lithium, for high-priority enforcement over alleged human-rights abuses involving the Uighurs.
The Department of Homeland Security, in a post on X, said it was also designating caustic soda and red dates for high-priority enforcement under the Uighur Forced Labour Prevention Act.
"The use of slave labour is repulsive and we will hold Chinese companies accountable for abuses and eliminate threats its forced labor practices pose to our prosperity," US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said separately on X.
The Uighur-related law restricts the import of goods tied to what the US describes as China's human-rights abuses and ongoing genocide in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
US authorities say Chinese authorities have established internment camps for Uighurs and other religious and ethnic minority groups in China's western Xinjiang region. Beijing has denied any abuses. REUTERS
