Uyghur Group Calls For End To Biden’s Solar Emergency Declaration; House Ways & Means Agrees

April 19, 2023 | Forbes | By Kenneth Rapoza

The Uyghur Human Rights Project put out a statement on Tuesday calling for the end of President Biden’s Emergency Declaration on solar imports from Asia, made in June 2022.

“The Chinese polysilicon and solar-component industries are highly dependent on mining and manufacturing in the Uyghur homeland, using central government subsidies and incentives, and under the auspices of the government of Xinjiang,” wrote Louisa Greve, Director of Global Advocacy for the Uyghur Human Rights Project.

The Uyghur group is against the declaration on the grounds that the Chinese solar supply chain is tainted with forced labor workers from Xinjiang, Greve said.

“An increase in solar imports from Chinese solar manufacturers — regardless of whether these imports are from China or Chinese controlled factories in Southeast Asia—directly supports the Chinese solar industry’s use of Uyghur forced labor,” Greve said.

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