Sec. 3. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States— to prohibit the importation of all goods produced, in whole or in part, by forced labor from the People’s Republic of China and particularly any such goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China; to encourage the international community to reduce the importation of any goods produced by forced labor from the People’s Republic of China, particularly those goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; to actively work to prevent, publicly denounce, and end human trafficking as a horrific assault on human dignity and to restore the lives of those affected by human trafficking, a modern form of slavery; to regard the prevention of atrocities as in the national interest of the United States, including efforts to prevent— torture; enforced disappearances; severe deprivation of liberty, including mass internment, arbitrary detention, and widespread and systematic use of forced labor; and persecution targeting any identifiable ethnic or religious group; and to address gross violations of human rights in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region— through bilateral diplomatic channels and multilateral institutions in which both the United States and the People’s Republic of China are members; and by using all the authorities available to the United States Government, including visa and financial sanctions, export restrictions, and import controls.