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US bans Xinjiang imports, forcing firms to navigate sticky diplomacy

US president Joe Biden (L) and Chinese president Xi Jinping

President Joe Biden signed a law Thursday virtually banning all imports from the Chinese region of Xinjiang in response to concerns over forced labor, as US companies find themselves caught in the diplomatic fray. The bill, which was approved by…

Marc Barman
October 1, 2023

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Further US sanctions on China

The United States has blacklisted a Chinese biotechnology company for illegally monitoring China’s Uighur Muslim minority. The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that it will restrict trade with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its 11 research institutes.…

Marc Barman
September 19, 2023