China blasts US over trade restrictions on Xinjiang firms
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#ChinaFacesUSHeat: US bans imports from 5 Chinese Firms citing alleged forced labour in Xinjiang Region
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The United States on Wednesday restricted exports to five Chinese companies that it said were implicated in Chinese human rights violations, including large producers of polysilicon for the solar panel industry.
The companies were listed over human rights violations and abuses of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, according to a US government filing on Wednesday. The US Department of Commerce said the firms are accepting or utilising forced labour.
The companies added to the Commerce Department’s Entity List include Hoshine Silicon Industry; Xinjiang Daqo New Energy, a unit of Daqo New Energy Corp; Xinjiang East Hope Nonferrous Metals, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based manufacturing giant East Hope Group; Xinjiang GCL New Energy Material and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).
US punishes Chinese solar companies for human rights violations in Uyghur | Human Rights News
The export restrictions are aimed at companies that produce raw materials used in the Xinjiang solar panel industry.
The United States on Wednesday restricted exports to five Chinese companies involved in human rights violations in China, including large polysilicon producers for the solar panel industry.
Companies were on the list of human rights violations and abuses Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, according to a statement from the US government on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce has said that companies accept or use forced labor.