Uyghur activists welcome Biden’s call to limit ‘de minimis’ exemption

September 16, 2024 | Radio Free Asia | By RFA Uyghur and Alex Willemyns for RFA

Henryk Szadziewski, director of research at the Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project, told RFA the impact of the proposal on Uyghur slave labor was as yet “indeterminable,” even if it was clear it would limit Temu and Shein’s ability to reach U.S. consumers.

“It’s going to impact the kind of the weight of business that they can do here in the United States, which is a a massive consumer market – the largest on the face of the planet,” Szadziewski said, noting the proposal was more directed at tariffs than at seizing illicit goods on the border.

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