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Industry stands by forced labor crackdown

Despite a year of import woes, the US solar industry has made it clear that it supports the ban of goods from the Xinjiang region of China, which is responsible for 50% of the world’s polysilicon supply. pv magazine USA’s Ryan Kennedy reports that the challenges in clearing the new hurdles to importing PV modules are high, but he notes that the industry is working to overcome them.

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Ryan Kennedy

06 May 2022

Image: Wikimedia Commons/Albert E. Theberge

Late in 2021, the US Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act with unanimous bipartisan support, signed into law by President Joe Biden. The legislation places the burden of proof on importers receiving goods from the Xinjiang region of China to show that their products are not made with any connection to forced labor …

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