China accuses US of ‘seriously undermining’ global trade with Xinjiang measures

A detention centre in western China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

China’s government has rejected US allegations of forced labour in Xinjiang and accused Washington of hurting global trade after the Senate endorsed import curbs and American companies were warned they face legal risks if they do business with the region.

The measures add to rising pressure on companies that buy clothing, cotton, tomatoes and other goods from Xinjiang, where the ruling Communist Party is accused of holding more than one million members of mostly Muslim ethnic groups in detention camps.