Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Energy 11/13/22, 16:43

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act issued in the United States as a measure to discourage slave labor against ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, began to take effect on June 21. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over 1,000 shipments of solar energy equipment up to October 25. This was ...

Trending 10/08/22, 16:06

On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect in the United States. It set the parameters for imports from the Xinjiang region of China, where millions of Uyghurs and members of other minorities persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are estimated to be ...

Human Rights 09/10/22, 15:38

The links of the commercial and economic framework with forced labor in the so-called “ re-education camps” of the Chinese Communist Party goes beyond what was expected. After beginning preparations for the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enacted on June 21, 2021, in the United States, a report ...

Human Rights 01/26/22, 01:00

The 35 lawmakers from countries including the United States, United Kingdom, India, and others that make up the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China [IPAC] call on their respective countries to sanction individuals and companies that finance Uighur labor enslaved by the Chinese communist regime.  "We cannot ignore the role that big banks ...

D.C. 12/15/21, 16:47

After nearly two years of wrangling over the terms of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act bill, it was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives, and the Senate is expected to vote on it today. The ban on importing goods from the Xinjiang region of China-made with labor enslaved by ...