US moves to support Australian push to tackle China's 'human and labour rights abuses'
Since Australia’s existing laws against modern slavery are not strong enough, the U.S. offered qualified support for a new Australian bill to ban imports from the Xinjiang region.
The bill, proposed by the South Australian independent senator Rex Patrick, would prohibit the importation into Australia of goods from Xinjiang province “as well as goods from other parts of China that are produced by using forced labour”.
In Jan, the Australian government said “closely monitoring” the actions other countries were taking, as the United Kingdom and Canada also rolled out new actions targeting imports from Xinjiang.
Source: The Guardian #Feb22
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/23/us-moves-to-support-australian-push-to-tackle-chinas-human-and-labour-rights-abuses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Xinjiang #Australia #ChinaForceLabour #China
Since Australia’s existing laws against modern slavery are not strong enough, the U.S. offered qualified support for a new Australian bill to ban imports from the Xinjiang region.
The bill, proposed by the South Australian independent senator Rex Patrick, would prohibit the importation into Australia of goods from Xinjiang province “as well as goods from other parts of China that are produced by using forced labour”.
In Jan, the Australian government said “closely monitoring” the actions other countries were taking, as the United Kingdom and Canada also rolled out new actions targeting imports from Xinjiang.
Source: The Guardian #Feb22
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/23/us-moves-to-support-australian-push-to-tackle-chinas-human-and-labour-rights-abuses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Xinjiang #Australia #ChinaForceLabour #China