By Caitlin Doornbos
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is investigating Chinese online retailer Temu for possible violations of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which could lead to a ban from selling their wares in the US, The Post has exclusively learned.
Officials and intelligence experts tell The Post that the too-cheap-to-beat company plays an unfair role in the US market, spies on its mobile app users and relies on products made from slave labor to get its dirt-cheap pricing.
A senior DHS official confirmed to The Post that the agency has been investigating Temu for slave-labor violations, but the Biden administration has yet to take action against the retailer. It was noticeably absent from a list of 29 Chinese companies added Friday to the US’ banned list for violating the UFPLA.
Drafted and advanced under the Trump administration and signed into law by President Biden in 2021, the UFLPA outlaws the import of goods “manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor” in China, especially from Xinjiang — home to Uyghur Muslims that China has placed in forced-labor camps.
Companies found to have violated that provision are placed on the UFPLA entity list and barred from selling any products in the US.
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