US Bans Cotton Imports From Xinjiang
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2020-12-03 HKT 05:29
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The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China's Xinjiang province on Wednesday, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organisation that it says uses forced labour from detained Uighur Muslims.
The US Customs and Border Protection agency said the "Withhold Release Order" would ban cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, one of China's largest producers.
The move is among several the Trump administration has been working on in its final weeks to harden the US position against China, making it harder for President-elect Joe Biden to ease US-China tensions. (Reuters)
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