The U.S. Bans Chinese Goods Produced Using Forced Labor

The U.S. government has been forced to confront the human rights abuses being perpetrated on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China.

“I Was a Model Uighur. China Took My Family Anyway. “ Nur Iman holds a picture of her father, who was abducted by the Chinese Communist Party along with Iman’s mother and brothers in 2017. (Photo: COURTESY OF NUR IMAN)

The U.S. government on Monday announced an import ban on certain products imported from the People’s Republic of China, due to evidence that these goods are being manufactured using “state-sponsored forced labor.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued five “withhold release orders” on Tuesday aimed at the products of forced labor in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China.

The withhold release orders (WROs) target all goods made with labor from the Lop County №4 Vocational Skills Education and Training Center in Xinjiang.

The order will ban items including hair products made in the Lop County Hair Product Industrial Park, apparel produced by Yili Zhuowan Garment Manufacturing Company and Baoding LYSZD Trade and Business Company; and cotton produced and processed by Xinjiang Junggar Cotton and Linen Company, which are all produced in Xinjiang.

The orders will additionally ban computer parts made by Hefei Bitland Information Technology Company in Anhui Province.

Department of Homeland Security acting Deputy Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli said the WROs are aimed at combating the use of forced…