The House on Wednesday passed measures to exert diplomatic pressure on the Chinese government and International Olympic Committee (IOC) for alleged failures to uphold human rights as the U.S. urges allies to join its official boycott of the 2022 games in Beijing.



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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over its treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority, as tensions continue to escalate between Washington and Beijing.

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[Washington, 8th Reuters] --On the 8th, the US House of Representatives passed the "Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Bill" banning imports from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the 8th with an overwhelming majority of 428 and 1 opposition. bottom. It is approved after being passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden.

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A bill that will prevent the US from importing goods produced using forced labor by Uyghurs and other minority Muslim populations in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China passed the House on Wednesday evening. 

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The House passed a bill Wednesday to crack down on imports from China’s Xinjiang region following a Senate dustup last week that exposed Biden administration pressure on lawmakers to rein in the bill’s language.The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which passed 428-1, authorizes sanctions against companies that facilitate the ...

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By Ellie Kaufman, CNNA bill that will prevent the US from importing goods produced using forced labor by Uyghurs and other minority Muslim populations in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China passed the House on Wednesday evening.The vote was 428-1. Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only member to vote against it.The measure will also impose sanctions on “those responsible for human rights violations there,” the bill’s summary state…

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The bill's passage, by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, came several days after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games due to China's human rights abuses.

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The bill, which has broad, bipartisan support, now returns to the Senate, but its immediate path to becoming law is unclear.

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US House passes bill to ban imports made by Xinjiang forced labour

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday (Dec 8) to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, one of three measures backed overwhelmingly as Washington continues its pushback against Beijing's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority.

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The House on Wednesday passed measures to exert diplomatic pressure on the Chinese government and International Olympic Committee (IOC) for alleged failures to uphold human rights as the U.S.

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The House backed the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” by an overwhelming 428-1. To become law, it must also pass the Senate and be signed by President Joe Biden. The measure would create a “rebuttable presumption” that all goods from Xinjiang were made with forced labor.

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