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Does Customs and Border Protection Have the Legal Authority to Seize Merchandise Made With Forced Uyghur Labor?

Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security are asserting that CBP will seize goods in order to enforce the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, though it does not appear to have the authority to do so.

China

Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Atrocities in Xinjiang

On Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the atrocities against Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. The committee will hear testimony from Nury Turkel, chairman of the board of the Uyghur Human Rights Project; Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor and advocate; and James Millward, professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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