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China Is Among Worst Human Trafficking Offenders, State Dept. Says China Is Among Worst Human Trafficking Offenders, State Dept. Says
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WASHINGTON — China is among the worst offenders for its failure to crack down on human trafficking within its borders, according to a strongly worded State Department report released Tuesday.WASHINGTON — China is among the worst offenders for its failure to crack down on human trafficking within its borders, according to a strongly worded State Department report released Tuesday.
In its annual assessment of global efforts to end forms of modern slavery, the State Department dropped China to the lowest tier this year, as it did with the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo. In its annual assessment of global efforts to end forms of modern slavery, the State Department dropped China to the lowest tier of its ranking this year, as it did with the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.
Those three nations joined 20 others already in that designation, including Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela.Those three nations joined 20 others already in that designation, including Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela.
Forced labor among drug addicts, and among ethnic minorities including the Uighurs, was listed as a key reason China dropped to the lowest tier, as were reports that the country continued to forcibly repatriate North Koreans despite threats that Pyongyang would punish such returnees with prison and forced labor.Forced labor among drug addicts, and among ethnic minorities including the Uighurs, was listed as a key reason China dropped to the lowest tier, as were reports that the country continued to forcibly repatriate North Koreans despite threats that Pyongyang would punish such returnees with prison and forced labor.
The report was presented in a formal announcement Tuesday attended by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter.The report was presented in a formal announcement Tuesday attended by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter.
Mr. Tillerson was criticized in March for failing to attend the release of the department’s annual human rights report, in what was considered a rare breach of a longstanding tradition by secretaries of state.Mr. Tillerson was criticized in March for failing to attend the release of the department’s annual human rights report, in what was considered a rare breach of a longstanding tradition by secretaries of state.
The fierce criticism of China promises to accelerate a rapid worsening of relations with the Asian nation that had briefly benefited from good feelings generated by an April summit between President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China at Mr. Trump’s Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago. The fierce criticism of China promises to accelerate a rapid worsening of relations with the Asian nation that had briefly benefited from good feelings generated by an April summit between President Trump and President Xi Jinping at Mr. Trump’s Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
Mr. Trump decided to brush aside his fierce campaign criticisms of China’s currency and trade practices in hopes that China would rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. But Mr. Trump acknowledged last week that China has done little to pressure the regime in Pyongyang, marking a failure of one of the administration’s top foreign policy priorities.Mr. Trump decided to brush aside his fierce campaign criticisms of China’s currency and trade practices in hopes that China would rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. But Mr. Trump acknowledged last week that China has done little to pressure the regime in Pyongyang, marking a failure of one of the administration’s top foreign policy priorities.
The Commerce Department is expected this week to announce that the domestic steel industry must be saved from foreign imports, beginning a process that could lead to significant tariffs being placed on imported steel, an action that is likely to infuriate the Chinese. The Commerce Department is expected to announce this week that the domestic steel industry must be saved from imports, beginning a process that could lead to significant tariffs being placed on imported steel, an action that is likely to infuriate the Chinese.
Thus, Tuesday’s designation of China as among the world’s worst offenders in human trafficking is part of a cascade of signals coming out of Washington that relations between the United States and China could soon plunge, just as relations between the United States and Russia are reaching depths not seen since the Cold War. Thus, the designation of China as among the world’s worst offenders in human trafficking is part of a cascade of signals coming from Washington that relations between the United States and China could soon plunge, just as relations between the United States and Russia are reaching depths not seen since the Cold War.