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Oct 28, 2026

US bans imports from BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and affiliate over Xinjiang forced labor allegations

The United States banned imports from three Chinese genomics companies—BGI Genomics, MGI Tech, and Shenzhen BGI Tech—adding them to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List over allegations they enabled forced labor of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. The companies have rejected the allegations.

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▪Earlier U.S. Commerce Department export-control restrictions limited the access of BGI-linked entities to certain American technologies.
▪Effective October 29, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection was instructed to block goods produced by BGI Group, BGI Genomics, and MGI Tech from entering the United States unless importers prove no forced labor was used.
▪In July 2020 and March 2023, the U.S. Commerce Department placed BGI-linked entities on an export-control list over concerns that genetic data collection was used for minority surveillance and military applications.

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Genomics U.S.–China relations International trade China-United States relations Biotechnology Human rights Federal agencies Trump administration Authoritarian governance & repression

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