Having previously passed slightly different versions of legislation designed to address forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (see here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] and here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/u-s-house-of-representatives-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-bill/] ), the U.S.

As part of his visit to a number of Asian countries, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech [https://www.state.gov/a-free-and-open-indo-pacific/] yesterday about various aspects of the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy, including the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

On Friday, as part of the Summit for Democracy [https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/] it organized, the Biden administration announced the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative, a coordinated effort among several governments related to export controls and human rights, with China as one of the targets. A

On Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department added [https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20211210] the Chinese company SenseTime to its non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List [https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/consolidated-sanctions-

At a WITA webinar [https://www.wita.org/events/chinas-wto-20-years/] today commemorating the 20 year anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, several key figures from the accession negotiations on both the U.S. and Chinese sides offered remarks and responded to questions. The speakers

In a 428-1 vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed [https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021412?BillNum=H.R.1155] the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1155/text]," which is intended to "[e]nsur[e]

At a press conference [https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-penshurst-nsw] on December 8, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia "will not be sending any official representatives to the forthcoming Winter Games in China." He cited "the human rights abuses in Xinjiang