Washington has previously warned businesses with supply chain and investment ties to China’s Xinjiang province that they could face legal consequences.
Summary
- WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that aims to crack down on human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.
- The legislation bans imports from Xinjiang and imposes sanctions on individuals responsible for forced labor in the region.
- Underscoring the broad support for addressing human rights abuses in the region, the Senate passed the bill unanimously this month following an overwhelming bipartisan vote in the House.
- It cited growing evidence of genocide and other human rights abuses in the country’s northwest region.
- “We call on all industries to ensure that they are not sourcing products that involve forced labor, including forced labor from Xinjiang,” she added.