House lawmakers probe orders limiting Chinese goods made by forced labor

Democrats and human-rights advocates on Thursday expressed disappointment with the Trump administration’s move to ban imports from specific companies believed to be using forced labor in China’s Xinjiang province, while apparel industry representatives testifying at the same hearing defended targeted actions rather than a region-wide ban. “I would characterize the administration’s response to the credible and disgusting violations of human rights happening in the Xinjiang region as pathetic,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) said during a House Ways & Means trade...