Xinjiang: US to block Chinese 'forced labour' products as EU warns on trade

Washington says ‘vocational’ centres are concentration camps as EU calls for independent observers in China’s western province

The US will block a range of Chinese products it says are made by forced labour in the Xinjiang region, including from a centre it branded a “concentration camp” for Uighur minorities.

Washington’s move came as the EU urged Beijing to let independent observers into Xinjiang and warned China must make concessions if it wants to agree a major investment deal with the bloc.

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