WASHINGTON, June 24 — The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a ban on US imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labour allegations, said two sources briefed on the matter.
The Commerce Department said the companies and XPCC “have been implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labour and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in” Xinjiang.
When asked for comment, China’s embassy in Washington referred to remarks on Tuesday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian who dismissed accusations of genocide and forced labour in Xinjiang as “nothing but rumors with ulterior motives and downright lies.” The Biden administration in March announced a target to cut the cost of solar energy by 60 per cent within the next 10 years. President Biden has set a goal of a 100 per cent clean electricity grid by 2035.
The two sources familiar with the policy said the White House sees the actions as a “natural continuation” of the G7 agreement earlier this month to eliminate forced labour from supply chains.
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