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Congress Moves to Bar All Goods Made in Xinjiang

Yi-Hua Lee

   The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at
   banning goods made with forced labor in China's Xinjiang region, a move
   seen as increasing pressure on China over its Xinjiang policies.

   Passed in a 406-3 vote, the [1]Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
   designates all goods produced, wholly or in part, in the Xinjiang
   Uyghur Autonomous Region as being produced with forced labor unless
   U.S. Customs and Border Protection "can determine otherwise by clear
   and convincing evidence."

   "As many as 1.8 million Uighurs and members of other predominantly
   Muslim ethnic minority groups have been arbitrarily detained in the
   camps and subjected to forced labor, torture, political intimidation,
   and other severe human rights abuses," said Rep. Jim McGovern, a
   Massachusetts Democrat, who helped spearhead the bipartisan bill on the
   floor before the vote.

References

   1. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6210?s=1&r=1

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