Biden Admin’s Solar Funding Fuels China Human Rights Abuses: GOP Letter
Top Republican lawmakers are warning the Biden administration that funding for green technologies in the Inflation Reduction Act will likely worsen human rights abuses in communist China.
GOP lawmakers warned in a letter (pdf) that parts of the administration’s Inflation Reduction Act aimed at increasing dependence on green energy sources would drastically increase the import of solar panels from China and make it difficult for the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).
The UFLPA mandates that all products made in China’s Xinjiang region are to be considered made with forced labor unless certified otherwise by the CBP commissioner….