Sullivan’s broad framework makes sense, linking domestic and global policies, and economic and security concerns, to reflect today’s political realities. The administration now needs to apply this framework and to lead by example,
, also key to our clean energy future. Though the U.S. developed the technology for solar panels years ago, today they are mostly produced in China. In fact, 98% of the silicon ingots and wafers, essential components in solar panels, come from Xinjiang province in China. More than one million ethnic Uyghurs are being detained in Xinjiang, and forced labor in that area is endemic.
. It prohibits the import of any products made in Xinjiang or with components from that region absent a showing that there was no forced labor. Because the Chinese government prohibits any independent monitoring there, U.S. law now effectively bars all products coming from Xinjiang, including solar panels. U.S. officials are scrambling to help promote alternative venues for mineral production in South Korea, Australia or Vietnam that could supply manufacturing in the U.S.
With respect to Sullivan’s fourth challenge, addressing economic inequality, there is much more the administration can do, especially by increasing attention to the rights of workers in global supply chains. This year, the German government began to pave the way, enacting a new global supply chain law, which requires large German companies and others doing significant business there to ensure that labor rights are protected throughout their global supply chains.
Sullivan’s broad framework makes sense, linking domestic and global policies, and economic and security concerns, to reflect today’s political realities. The administration now needs to apply this framework and to lead by example.
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