WRO on Xinjiang Polysilicon Announced
CBP will be detaining silica-based products made by Hoshine Silicon Industry Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries under a new withhold release order, the White House announced June 24. The agency said there is information that indicates that Hoshine used forced labor in manufacturing these products. The polysilicon produced in the Xinjiang region of China is a core material in solar panels made in Asia.
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House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., issued a statement in response to the news: “Forced labor cannot be tolerated anywhere in the world. While I applaud President Biden for his actions today, Congress must come together to further address the systemic human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Our trade subcommittee will continue to act aggressively to remove these heinous practices from global supply chains. American consumers will not be complicit in modern-day slavery.”