Beyond Polysilicon: The Ties between China's GCL-Poly and the United States | Center for Strategic and International Studies
May 26, 2021 China’s ongoing suppression of Uyghur and other minority populations in Xinjiang continues to incite alarm among U.S. policymakers. A broad bipartisan consensus has coalesced around excising Chinese goods tainted by forced labor and human rights abuses from U.S. supply chains. Existing efforts have largely targeted agricultural and textile products, but policymakers are now looking into the solar industry’s ties to Xinjiang. Tracing these linkages, however, is no easy task. Polysilicon is at the heart of the matter. The high-grade form of silicon is produced through an energy...
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