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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Christopher Knaus and Helen Davidson

Thousands of imports enter Australia from firms blacklisted by US over alleged Uyghur forced labour links

Uyghur-Australian Mamutjan Abdurehim at Civic Park, Modbury, Adelaide
Uyghur-Australian Mamutjan Abdurehim’s wife was detained eight years ago in China. He hasn’t seen her since and is urging the federal government to sanction China over its treatment of Uyghurs. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/The Guardian

Australia is allowing thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted by the US over alleged links to forced Uyghur labour, including a supplier of parts to Sydney Metro vehicles, government documents have revealed.

In 2021 the Biden administration passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and from the following year began outlawing imports from dozens of companies, seizing shipments at the border and releasing a public blacklist of the companies, mostly operating in Xinjiang.

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