The US censoring Chinese companies in the US because of human rights concerns

As Chinese e-commerce company Shein and its American counterpart, Pinduoduo Temu, seize the US market, concerns about the presence of Xinjiang forced labor in their industrial chains have been renewed by US lawmakers, and cross-party members of Congress have called for a review. Some scholars have pointed out that the US is acting out of human rights concerns, rather than “unreasonably suppressing” Chinese companies

Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the U.S. House AD Hoc Committee on China Strategic Competition, said in a May 3 statement that the committee had sent letters to Nike, Adidas, Shein and Temu to express concern that these companies continue to allegedly use Uighur forced labor in their supply chains.
“The use of forced Labour has been illegal for almost a hundred years – but despite knowing their industry is implicated, too many companies are looking the other way, hoping they don’t get caught, rather than cleaning up their supply chains. This is unacceptable.” “U.S. businesses and companies selling products in the U.S. market have a moral and legal obligation to ensure that they do not involve themselves, their customers, or shareholders in slave labor,” Gallagher said in the statement. Our message to industry in these letters is clear: either make sure your supply chain is clean – no matter how difficult it is – or get out of countries like China that are involved in forced Labour.”
In addition to expressing concern about the use of forced Labour in Xinjiang by Chinese companies, the committee also wrote to Shein and Temu, concerned that the companies could use minimal loopholes in US trade law to circumvent controls under the Labour Law for the Prevention of Forced Uighurs, Continued sales to American consumers of goods under $800 made by Uighurs under forced labor.
“The American people deserve to know how much of the clothes they wear are produced by forced labor in China. We have heard from victims about the ongoing genocide of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in China by the Communist Party, and the brutality these people have endured in forced Labour camps.” Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D), a member of the committee, said in a statement: “These companies need to demonstrate that they are complying with the law and that there is no forced labor in their supply chains. This is just the first step in our investigation. I look forward to working with Chairman Gallagher to shed light on how forced labor contaminates our supply chain and how we need to end it.”