A US law passed last year forbidding the importation of goods from China's Xinjiang region using Uyghur forced labour has taken effect this week.
![Biden said the US will "use every tool at our disposal" to prevent the use of Uyghur forced labour [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-12/GettyImages-1360384778.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=KxBlYftd)
![Protests have been held around the world against China's persecution of Uighurs [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-07/GettyImages-1233868485.jpg?h=dc81eca6&itok=rKxTuv0r)
![Uighurs [Anadolu]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/48CB7225-4ECA-403D-ABD9-4AD0F398580F.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=ejtgBfsW "Uighurs [Anadolu]")
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