BassmanBiff t1_iye2fh5 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Reply to comment by Badtrainwreck in Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say by chrisdh79

We should absolutely try to fix it here, but calling it out everywhere is important and doesn't stop us from working on it at home. Import restrictions and slightly better consumer info are about all we can do about China, and while that's obviously not going to fix the problem, it still helps to do it.

Whitewing424 t1_iyeqxxl wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Given how many US corps are involved in both what China is doing and the US prison situation, don't hold your breath on those import restrictions.

US needs major reforms first.

BassmanBiff t1_iyewssd wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:50 PM

I was talking about ones we already have.

I'm under no illusion that those will fix anything, or that they're perfectly designed to target large and small companies equally, or that they're somehow more important than addressing our own problems. I'm saying that we can and should do both at once, and whichever front people choose to yell about, they should be encouraged so that we can redirect that energy instead of simply stamping it out whenever people choose the "wrong" issue.