The U.S. government has imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China’s Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. Xinjiang is among a series of conflicts including human rights, trade and technology that have caused U.S.-Chinese relations to plunge to their lowest level in decades. Beijing responded by announcing unspecified penalties on four U.S. senators who are critics of its human rights record. One company, Nanchang O-Film Tech, supplies screens and lenses to Apple, Samsung and other technology companies. U.S. customs authorities seized a shipment from the second company, Hetian Haolin Hair Accessories, on suspicion it was made by forced labor.

Source: The Standard July 21, 2020 05:26 UTC