DHS blocks 43 Chinese companies from conducting business in the United States in historic move

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it has blocked
43 Chinese companies from having their products enter the United States
because of allegations of unethical labor practices, making it the
largest single-day enforcement action against Chinese forced labor goods
in recorded history. 

DHS blocked the companies because they stand accused of using "slave
labor" in China, according to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne
Mullin. The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, which helps root out
goods made with unethical labor, helped identify the batch announced
Friday. 

"The Trump Administration remains steadfast in its commitment to remove
forced labor from U.S. supply chains and to holding foreign companies
accountable for their exploitation,” said DHS Under Secretary for
Strategy, Policy, & Plans Rob Law, who serves as the Chair of the Forced
Labor Enforcement Task Force. 

The companies that were blocked from doing business in the United States
are in the aluminum, apparel, copper, cotton and tomato sector. They
include Kuitun Yadasi Textile Co. and Xinjiang Nuziline
Bio-Pharmaceutical Co. 

ABC News has reached out to the Chinese embassy for comment on the
matter. 

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