On Wednesday, the US announced a ban on imports of all tomato and cotton products originating from China’s western Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous zone.
The US government has accused China of using forced-labor practices with Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims in the cotton and tomato industries, a charge Beijing denies.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the ban and said it applies to any products manufactured with Xinjiang-sourced tomatoes or cotton in any country. CBP officials estimate at least $9 billion worth of Xinjiang cotton products and $10 million in tomato products were imported into the US over the past year.
The ban is one of the most sweeping and aggressive China policies the Trump administration is enacting on its way out. The harsh policies are seen as a way to box the incoming Biden administration in on Beijing, making it harder for Biden to ease US-China tensions. Reversing Trump’s policies would make Biden appear soft on China, something many Republicans have been accusing him of.
Other China policies recently announced by the Trump administration include lifting State Department restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan and prohibiting US investments in firms allegedly tied to China’s military. The New York Stock Exchange just delisted three of China’s largest telecommunication companies to comply with an executive order President Trump signed in November.
The pretentious “human rights champions” have been murdering the innocent for 222 years out of the 239 years.
There are other China markets besides the US.
news report: A record 12,400 China-Europe freight train trips were made in 2020, up 50 percent from the previous year, according to China’s railway
operator.
Then there’s Africa, western Asia . .the list goes on.
Like US prisons?
amerikans becoming more deluded and fascist by the week. Russia purchases tomatoes from Turkey and China. USA purchases most tomatoes from Mexico ..Cotton is produced by many nations—Kazakstan, Egypt, Nicaragua, African etc….childish self defeating behavior