Loose Rule Makes UK ‘Dumping Ground’ of Goods With Uyghur Slave Labour Risks, MPs Hear

The UK is becoming a “dumping ground” for goods that may be tainted with Uyghur slave labour because of looser import rules compared to other economies, MPs were told on Tuesday. Experts told the Foreign Affairs Committee that some solar panel manufacturers would run a “clean” production line for the United States and a “dirty” line for the rest of the world, and that goods rejected by the United States can easily be diverted to be sold to the UK. According to Chloe Cranston, head of the thematic advocacy programme at charity Anti-Slavery International, the UK’s Modern Slavery Act is “entirely insufficient to address Uyghur forced labour” or “any forms of forced labour around the world.”...