The ongoing supply issues facing the construction industry may be further complicated by human rights violations in China, warns Trent Cotney, partner at Adams and Reese.
Following a law that was passed last year, the United States recently banned all goods produced in China’s western Xinjiang region due to concerns of human rights abuses, including people being placed in internment camps. The ban includes includes all goods, whether they were partially or wholly produced in the region, as they may have been created using forced labor.