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US House votes to clamp down on imports from China's Xinjiang

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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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The Blaze

US House passes bill banning imports from China over Uyghur slave labor

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would ban the importation of products made in the Xinjiang region of China due to concerns about communist country's treatment of religious and ethnic minorities.The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 428-1.The bill aims to impose economic sanctions on the northwest region of China due to the use of slave labor and subjugation of the Uyghur Musl…

3 years ago·United States

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News24

US House votes to punish China over Uyghur treatment

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.

3 years ago·South Africa

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Al Arabiya

US house votes to punish China over Uyghur treatment

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation restricting imports from China’s Xinjiang region over its treatment of the Uyghur Muslim

3 years ago·Saudi Arabia

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The Washington Post

House votes to ban goods made by forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region

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.

3 years ago

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Japan Today

U.S. House votes to punish China over Uyghur treatment

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation restricting imports from China's Xinjiang region over its treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority, as tensions continue to escalate between Washington and Beijing. Members of the House voted 428-1 to pass the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," which requires corporations to…

3 years ago·Sakado, Japan

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