In letters to the Department of Homeland Security, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on Competition between the U.S. and the CCP and several Republican colleagues called for Chinese battery manufacturers Gotion and CATL to be put on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity

A Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff investigation found that certain automakers had imported cars and parts linked to Chinese forced labor.

The interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) – which is chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and also includes the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Justice, Labor, State, and the Treasury – has voted to add 26 companies

At a recent Congressional hearing, a Biden administration official and members of Congress expressed disappointment that U.S. pressure on China to change its labor practices had not been successful so far, but maintained hope that it would have an impact over the long term.

Last week, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued its 2024 report on foreign trade barriers. The section on Chinese laws and regulations is mostly the same as the previous year, but new concerns on government procurement, labor, and export restrictions have been added.

Under a final rule published today, the U.S. Commerce Department will take into account "nonexistent, weak, or ineffective property (including intellectual property), human rights, labor, and environmental protections" in various ways as part of its anti-dumping/countervailing duty calculations. Chinese products are likely to be targeted here,

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the Chair and Co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, have continued their push against seafood imports from China that are alleged to be tied to forced labor, raising new concerns about North Korean labor used in