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Workers load cotton bales onto a truck in China’s Xinjiang region, home to the country’s Uyghur people. Researchers say Uyghur and other peoples in the region have been detained and forced to work by authorities. Photo: Wang Yawen/Zuma Press U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday scrutinized possible “loopholes” in an anti-forced labor law blocking many imports from China’s Xinjiang region, expressing bipartisan support for cracking down on companies with supply chains stemming from the region. Several lawmakers drew attention to potential gaps that might be allowing goods from a largely proscribed region of China to enter the U.S. as part of a...
