Why The U.S. Needs To Accelerate Development Of A China-Free Solar Power Industry

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Government officials and industry executives seeking acceleration are running into an obstacle caused by China’s poor human rights record in Xinjiang.

from the investment firm Eventide provides evidence of significant forced labor in silicon mining, as well as in the production of polysilicon in Xinjiang.that the pervasiveness of forced labor in Xinjiang and the co-mingling of solar-grade polysilicon supplies by downstream manufacturers raises concerns about the entire solar supply chain. The U.S.

went into effect. It was adopted by the House of Representatives last December, 406-3, and by a unanimous Senate. It bars the import of any products from Xinjiang unless companies can prove that the products, they are exporting from China were not produced by forced labor. This standard is virtuallyto meet because forced labor is so widespread and because the Chinese government will not allow any independent auditors to visit the region.

 

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