US OKs ban on Xinjiang imports amid forced labor claims

The US Congress gave its final stamp of approval to forced labour legislation to ban imports from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in China, clearing the bill’s way to the White House where US President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law.

First introduced in early 2020, the legislation creates a “rebuttable presumption” that all goods sourced wholly or in part from Xinjiang are tainted by the use of forced labour in their production and thus not eligible for import into the US. Amid increasing international scrutiny of Beijing’s actions in Xinjiang, many companies have already begun to extract their supply chains from the region.

Thursday’s vote came after lawmakers struck a deal to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill, in particular how soon after Biden’s signature the ban would take effect. Even with the alterations, rights groups hailed the bill’s passage as a significant step toward countering forced labour in China and as a rebuke to major US corporations that had lobbied against its enactment.

Passed alongside the legislation on Thursday was an agreement to move ahead with Senate votes on a number of foreign service nominees, including Biden’s pick to be ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns.

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