The Biden administration is set to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist as early as Friday for alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, two sources told the Reuters news agency.
The US Commerce Department action follows the addition of five other companies and other Chinese entities to the blacklist over allegations of forced labour in the far western region of China.
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Demonstrators hold a protest in front of the US State Department to urge the US and the international community to take action against China’s treatment of the Uighur people in Xinjiang [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]