The US State Department announced yesterday, Tuesday, that “starting today, the US Customs and Border Protection Service will begin implementing a law to prevent the entry of products produced by Uyghurs through forced labor into the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (East Turkestan).” in China.

In her statement, she indicated that she would “continue to fight forced labor in Xinjiang and work to strengthen international coordination to combat human rights violations in China,” given that “combating forced labor in China and around the world is a priority for the US administration.” “, noting “the adoption of measures such as restrictions on visas, imports, financial sanctions and export controls.”

The agency stressed that “the United States will continue to remind companies of their legal obligations prohibiting the import of goods produced using forced labor.”

On December 23, US President Joe Biden signed into law a law banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region due to forced labor.

Since 1949, Beijing has controlled East Turkestan, the homeland of the Uyghur Muslim Turks, and calls it Xinjiang, which means “new frontier.”