U.S. senator calls for Temu ban over forced labor, privacy concerns
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Jeff Dale2024-04-17T16:32:00
A lawmaker is calling on the Biden administration to investigate and ban Chinese e-commerce company Temu over forced labor and data privacy violation concerns.
In a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) described Temu as a “pipeline of dumped, counterfeit, and slave labor products from China that is also gathering massive quantities of Americans’ personal data.”
Temu packages have avoided Customs and Border Protection scrutiny by claiming the de minimis exemption, a loophole for shipments valued at $800 or less that can help those imports avoid being flagged for potential Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) violations, according to Cotton.
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