US bans imports of solar panel material from Chinese company

The #Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a ban on US #imports of a key #solarpanel material from #Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co over forced labor allegations, two sources briefed on the matter said. The US Commerce Department separately restricted exports to Hoshine, three other Chinese companies and the paramilitary Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), saying they were involved with the forced labor of #Uyghurs and other #Muslim minority groups in #Xinjiang.

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