Court Rejects Bid to Ban Imports From China’s Xinjiang Region Over Labour Concerns

Court Rejects Bid to Ban Imports From China’s Xinjiang Region Over Labour Concerns
Uyghur men sit on steps in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 21, 2021. AP/Mark Schiefelbein
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Activists concerned about forced labour have lost a court bid for a general ban on the Canadian importation of all goods from the Xinjiang region of China.

The Federal Court has rejected their application to overturn a Canada Border Services Agency decision that said the agency had no authority to enact such a ban.