Ban on Xinjiang goods to boomerang on Washington

The US ban on import of goods using raw materials from or produced in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which came into effect on June 21 and has affected hundreds of thousands of US importers, has been strongly condemned by China.

The spokespersons for China's Foreign and Commerce ministries, while denouncing the ban, said the US' claim that "forced labor" is used in Xinjiang to produce goods is an out-and-out lie fabricated with malicious intentions. They also said China will take strong countermeasures against the ban to protect the interests of Chinese businesses.

As a consequence of the ban, huge volumes of goods have piled up at US Customs and Border Protection depots pending documents from the importers showing irrefutable evidence that no forced labor was used to produce those goods, prompting The New York Times to say that the ban has dealt a strong blow to the US supply chains and the world economy.