US Blocks New Types of Chinese Products Under Forced Labor Act

Published on October 3, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 2 added two Chinese companies to its list of firms prohibited from exporting their products to the United States. The move is part of a broader effort to protect U.S. supply chains from forced labor practices in China’s Xinjiang region. “Today’s actions reaffirm our commitment to eliminating forced labor from U.S. supply chains and upholding our values of human rights for all,” said Robert Silvers, undersecretary for Policy at DHS, who also oversees the federal task force responsible for making the entity list. “No sector is off-limits,” he said in an Oct. 2 statement. “We will continue to identify entities across industries and hold accountable those who seek to profit from exploitation and abuse.”...

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