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House passes legislation to crack down on business with companies that utilize China's forced labor

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The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at tamping down the exchange of goods made in forced labor camps by Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region.

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Times of India

US House of Representatives votes to ban imports from China's Xinjiang over forced labor

Despite opposition by US businesses, the act passed 406-3 in a sign of growing outrage over Xinjiang, where activists say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking people have been incarcerated in camps.

4 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

U.S. House passes China forced labor bill near unanimously

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China, as lawmakers look to address the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. The United States and other countries have been ratcheting

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Reuters

U.S. House passes China forced labor bill near unanimously

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China, as lawmakers look to address the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang region. The Democratic-led House passed the measure by 406 to 3. The United States and other countries have been ratcheting up pressure on

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Congress seeks to block goods from China over forced labor

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping goods out of the U.S. that are made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China passed overwhelmingly Tuesday in the House of...

4 years ago·United States

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South China Morning Post

US House passes forced labour bill that would bar Xinjiang imports

US lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would effectively ban imports from China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region because of suspected use of state-sponsored forced labour there.Currently, the US bans the import of any goods if there is evidence that forced labour was involved in their production.But the new legislation approved Tuesday would reverse that calculus for Xinjiang, meaning t…

4 years ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

US House votes to ban Xinjiang imports over forced labour

The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region, vowing to stop what lawmakers say is systematic forced labor by the Uighur community.

4 years ago·Singapore

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