The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating the Chinese e-commerce app TEMU for potential violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and concerns related to cybersecurity.
The US Department of Homeland Security is looking into Chinese e-commerce platform TEMU for potential breaches of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA), a move that could result in the company being banned from selling its products in the US, The New York Post has exclusively reported on 25 November 2024,
According to officials and intelligence experts speaking to The NY Post, the incredibly low-priced company has an unfair impact on the US market, monitors its mobile app users, and depends on products produced through slave labour to maintain its rock-bottom prices.
According to the report, a high-ranking department official confirmed to The NY Post that the agency is investigating Temu for potential slave-labour violations, but the Biden administration has not yet taken any action against the retailer. Temu was notably missing from a list of 29 Chinese companies added to the US banned list on Friday for violating the UFPLA.
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA)
The UFLPA, which was drafted and pushed forward during the Trump administration and signed into law by President Biden in 2021, prohibits the import of goods that are “produced wholly or in part with forced labour” in China, particularly from Xinjiang, where Uyghur Muslims are detained in forced-labour camps.
Companies found to violate this provision are added to the UFPLA entity list and are prohibited from selling any products in the United States. So far, the number of Chinese companies on this list has reached 107.
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