
Biden signs bill banning goods from China's Xinjiang over forced labor
CNN
US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, the White House said, provoking an angry Chinese condemnation.
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is part of the US pushback against Beijing's treatment of China's Uyghur Muslim minority, which Washington has labeled genocide.
The bill passed Congress this month after lawmakers reached a compromise between House and Senate versions.

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