Human Rights and Forced Labor Sanctions Announced
By EsqSocial Corporation 25/03/21
Earlier this week, the United States, the European Union, Britain, and Canada imposed sanctions on several Chinese officials for human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). China promptly retaliated. Although the U.S. has sanctioned Chinese companies and individuals in connection with allegations of forced labor and human rights abuses in the past, most notably through the use of the Department of Commerce’s entity list, this is the first...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP