US bars imports from 3 more Chinese companies over Uyghur forced labor

NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States restricted imports from three more Chinese companies, including COFCO Sugar Holding, over forced labor practices involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China, the U.S. government said on Friday.

The companies - which produce everything from sugar to network transformers to yarn - will be added to the Ugyhur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, said a posting in the Federal Register. The list restricts the import of goods tied to what the U.S. government has characterized as an ongoing genocide of minorities in China's Xinjiang region. read more