CECC: Western companies continue to be involved in Uyghur forced labor

The US Executive Committee on China Affairs has emphasized that Western companies continue to be involved in human rights abuses in East Turkistan two years after the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prohibition Act.
According to Voice of America, many laws and initiatives, including the Uyghur Forced Labor Prohibition Act, implemented by the US government have failed to stop the genocide and mass forced labor that China is carrying out in East Turkistan. U.S. lawmakers told a congressional hearing on April 30 that Western companies have tried to hide and justify their human rights abuses by promoting social auditing and so-called "environmental, social, and governance" standards, as well as their products in East Turkistan. It called on companies that could not prove they were not involved in forced labor to stop doing business in China.
Rep. Chris Smith, chairman of the US Congressional Committee on China Affairs (CECC), said in an April 30 hearing by the committee: "Companies can convince consumers, regulators, and even their own consciences that their supply chains are clean by hiding in the name of prosecutors. and tried to convince Uyghurs that they did not violate the Law on Prohibition of Forced Labor and Article 301 of the Commercial Code.
The U.S. government condemned China's forced labor and human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic groups in East Turkistan, passed the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prohibition Act," and officially began implementing it in June 2022. It tried to ban its products from entering the United States.