Shipment of Chinese hair goods seized by US officials suspecting forced labor

Shares The US government on Wednesday said it blocked an $800,000 shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on suspicions that the products were made with forced labor. The goods were held under a June order against a Xinjiang-based company suspected of using prison labor and forced labor with excessive overtime, withheld wages and restrictions on workers' movements, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said. The United States bans the import of goods made entirely or in part by forced labor, whether prison work or bonded or forced child labor. The CBP order dated June 17 called for the...