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Senate Democrats Block Legislation That Would Prohibit Chinese Goods Made With Slave Labor From Entering US

Biden admin lobbied against bill, fearing it would torpedo climate negotiations with China

Credit: Washington Free Beacon

From FreeBeacon.com…

Senate Democrats are blocking legislation that would prohibit imports from China made with Uyghur slave labor, in response to pressure from Biden administration officials who fear the bill would torpedo climate negotiations with the Chinese government, congressional sources told the Washington Free Beacon.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bill sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) that has long been circulating in Congress and is backed by the human rights community and opponents of China’s forced labor camps, was included in a package of 25 amendments to the annual defense appropriations bill, according to a list distributed by Senate leadership on Wednesday.

 

But Democrats excluded the amendment from a vote late Wednesday night, after members of the party privately objected to it, sources told the Free Beacon. Earlier in the evening, Democrats tried to use a procedural mechanism that would have allowed a vote on the act but stripped it from the final appropriations bill, according to a hotline memo from Senate leadership.

 

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