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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the measure approved Thursday “indicates that the US has no scruples about smearing China by every means. United States, US Congress, US Congress approves import ban, US congress targeting forced labour, China, forced labour in china, China, US Xinjian
The United States on Wednesday (local time) announced a ban on the entry of cotton and tomato products from China s Xinjiang region amid allegations that detainee or prison labour from Uyghurs went into making them, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. Effective January 13 at all US ports of entry, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain cotton products and tomato products produced in China s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, read a statement from the agency. The CBP ban, also known as a Withhold Release Order (WRO) was imposed following the emergence of reports indicating that the products were manufactured using forced labour from detained Uyghurs.