DHS expands the campaign on Chinese imports suspected

First on the fox: The Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) is working to expand a campaign Chinese imports Forced work is suspected of their supply chains.

Products such as steel, copper, lithium, caustic soda and red dates coming from China are now assigned to “high priority” for inspection and will come under a microscope by customs and border protection (CBP) in line with the Uyghur (UFLPA) law.

Caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide, is an industrial chemical used in everything from aluminum production, paper making, textiles and soaps to oil refining. Red dates are often dried, which are growth in China, in tea and snacks.

“The use of slave workers is disgusting, and we will be held accountable for Chinese companies responsible for violations and getting rid of the threats posed by forced labor practices of our prosperity,” Minister Christie sleep said in a statement.

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As of August 1, CBP has stopped 16,700 charges, at a value of $ 3.7 billion, to conduct more examination under the UFLPA conference that was approved in 2022. Among these shipments, about 10,000 shipments worth $ 900 million.

About 144 entities are included in the UFLPA listing menu as using delicate labor in their supply chains, in sectors such as agriculture, batteries, electronics, food additives, minerals, plastic and textiles.

President Donald Trump has already put 50 % of the customs tariffs on steel and aluminum, on the pretext that foreign countries were flooding the American market with cheap and supported products and endangering national security by making the United States depend on foreign sources of such products.

Congress passed UFLPA (UFLPA) law (UFLPA) In 2022, with wide support from the two parties, it was completely targeted or partially targeted with forced labor from the Xinjiang region of China.

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The law works on “assuming refute”, and this means that any product is related to Xinjiang or listed entities is supposed to include forced work unless companies can prove otherwise. American rights groups and officials say that the Chinese government has detained more than a million Ugur and other Islamic minorities in the camps, where many are under receiving, monitoring and forced work. Beijing has repeatedly denied these allegations, describing them as a suitability designed to contain China’s height.

It initially focused on clothes, cotton, tomatoes, and polycolicon used in solar panels, and expanding the application under UFLPA steadily. DHS and CBP have expanded the range of “priority priority sectors” under strict scrutiny as evidence of forced labor practices in a broader group of supply chains.

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China dominates the global production of major materials such as lithium, rare land and important industrial chemicals for energy transmission and supply chains. Washington’s targeting of these imports is compatible with wider efforts to “cancel risk” by bringing more production to the countries of the United States or allies.

Trump recently expanded the deadline for Three -numbers definitions on China To allow more time to negotiate. In April, Trump announced 145 % of the customs tariff for China, and Beijing took 145 %. After the two sides began negotiating, the United States reduced the customs tariff to 30 % and China fell to 10 %.