The United States announced on Thursday (May 16) that 26 Chinese cotton traders or imported products of Chinese cotton traders or warehousing facilities were announced because these products involved forced labor.
Reuters and Agence France -Presse reported that the United States "Uyeram's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List) of the 26 new companies in this time, 21 are 26 companies.It is determined that the acquisition and selling Xinjiang cotton in the wholesale market, and the remaining five are also found to purchase Xinjiang cotton.
U.S. Land Safety said in the statement that the cotton manufacturer headquarters that was included in the list was not in Xinjiang, but its cotton came from Xinjiang.The Ministry of Land and Safety stated that the ban on the ban will increase the transparency of the supply chain and ensure that the responsible enterprise can conduct due diligence to its supply chain to ensure that it does not include products made by forced labor.
The US Department of Homeland Security also said that the list of the announcement was the largest expansion.The new list will take effect on Friday (17th).
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington responded to this: "The so -called 'Uyghur forced labor prevention bill' is just a tool for minority politicians to damage Xinjiang's stability and curb China's development."
Uighur forced labor prevention bill entity list has limited the import of 65 entities since passed in 2021.
Alejandro Mayorkas, Minister of Homeland Security, said that the United States will continue to implement its textile law enforcement strategy and "let China be responsible for exploitation and abuse of Uighurs."
