I despise this selective enforcement of slave labor. It always seems to be only used as a bargaining chip for political gains, and not as a universal moral wrong that needs stopped. China's use of...
I despise this selective enforcement of slave labor. It always seems to be only used as a bargaining chip for political gains, and not as a universal moral wrong that needs stopped.
China's use of slavery only matters when it's not too inconvienient. The USA shrouds its slavery as 'prisoner labor'. Not to mention all the other slavery in all of the supply chains for raw materials and food.
Slavery is either wrong, or it isn't. We need to stop enabling this game of "It's wrong, but it's OK in this case because it keeps the price of food/electronics low."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a withhold release order Thursday barring silicon-based products from the company, Hoshine Silicon, which operates from plants in Xinjiang that have been connected to coercive state labor programs targeting Uyghurs and other minorities, as The Post reported on Thursday.
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By banning only Hoshine imports, CBP stopped short of targeting Xinjiang producers of another key solar ingredient, polysilicon. Those producers have also been connected to coercive labor programs targeting Uyghurs.
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Industry experts say it would be safer for U.S. agents to assume all silicon products entering the United States from China contain at least some material sourced from Hoshine, whose metallurgical-grade silicon is used in a wide range of consumer products, including electronics, cars, chemicals and sealants.
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Chinese companies have flocked to Xinjiang for its cheap coal-fired electricity. Chinese polysilicon companies in Xinjiang produce almost half the world’s solar-grade polysilicon used in panels sold in the United States and other markets.
I despise this selective enforcement of slave labor. It always seems to be only used as a bargaining chip for political gains, and not as a universal moral wrong that needs stopped.
China's use of slavery only matters when it's not too inconvienient. The USA shrouds its slavery as 'prisoner labor'. Not to mention all the other slavery in all of the supply chains for raw materials and food.
Slavery is either wrong, or it isn't. We need to stop enabling this game of "It's wrong, but it's OK in this case because it keeps the price of food/electronics low."
At the very least, this makes more sense than the tariffs ever did.
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