The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain.

The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies on Tuesday as part of an effort to eliminate goods made with the forced labor of Uyghur minorities from the U.S. supply chain.

Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile Co Ltd, Xinjiang Tianshan Wool Textile Co. Ltd and Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co. Ltd were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, according to a government posting, bringing the total number of entities on the list to 27.

The three companies were designated as a result of their business practices involving Uyghur minorities and other persecuted groups, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.

  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
    24·
    1 year ago

    You’re getting voted down but it’s true: Prison work can be forced upon the prisoner in the US and is legally defined as slavery to anyone with half a brain. It is explicitly allowed in the constitution.

    While the situations are still quite different, the basic fact that the government forces work on those it imprisons … is NOT unique to China. At all.