According to the news in the South China Morning Post newspaper based in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the EU's imports from Xinjiang in the first two months of this year, which is trying to provoke the human rights issue regarding China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, increased by 200 percent. stated that it increased.
According to the information obtained, in January and February of this year, imports of 27 EU member countries from Xinjiang increased by 217,8 percent and reached 312 million US dollars. In this context, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands are among the biggest buyers of Xinjiang origin products. CGTN Commentator Barış Liu said, “Goods such as lithium-ion batteries and tomato jam produced in Xinjiang have become the apple of the eye of European consumers. According to reports in the European press, EU imports from Xinjiang have increased significantly in the past few years. "In 2022, this amount will increase by 34 percent and reach 1 billion 100 million dollars," he said.
However, CGTN Commentator Barış Liu pointed out that some European politicians, under the influence of the USA, instigated the allegation of so-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang and said, "The European Parliament and the European Council reached an interim agreement on the so-called "forced labor" on March 5. According to the agreement, the EU will ban products produced through so-called “forced labor”. According to the information obtained, the country name was not clearly written in the temporary contract in question in order to avoid violating the relevant rules of the World Trade Organization. The public perceives that this agreement is aimed at Xinjiang. While the EU was using products originating from Xinjiang, it also attempted to denigrate Xinjiang regarding human rights. “This revealed the hypocrisy of some European politicians.” He included his statements.
CGTN Commentator Barış Liu emphasized that the huge increase in EU imports from Xinjiang is mainly due to the dependence of EU member states on products originating from Xinjiang and made the following statement:
“Some European businessmen argued that the level of agricultural mechanization and industrialization in Xinjiang is high, and that Xinjiang's development potential in this regard is even greater than some European countries. Currently, agricultural products, raw materials and new energy vehicles, lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic products originating from Xinjiang have won the appreciation of EU countries. For example, Germany has high demand for lithium-ion batteries originating from Xinjiang. In October 2022 alone, Germany imported 44 tons of lithium-ion batteries worth 1 million euros. These batteries used in electric vehicles play a major role in the green transformation in Germany. Zhao Yongsheng, an expert at China University of Foreign Trade and Economics, told the press: "EU countries may not import critical products and spare parts from Xinjiang that concern green transformation and sustainable development, but they may pay a high price for this and suffer negative consequences such as a serious increase in cost." " he said.
For this reason, CGTN Commentator Barış Liu stated that some European countries have begun to arrange actions to put unfounded pressure on Chinese businesses and said, “According to the news in the French press, the law requiring human rights and environmental investigation against Chinese suppliers in the EU was not approved in February. It has been reported that the British side is also planning to soften its policy of putting pressure on Chinese businesses regarding human rights. Facts have proven time and time again that products originating from Xinjiang are appreciated around the world. In the first two months of this year, Xinjiang carried out trade exchanges with 186 countries and regions. Xinjiang's foreign trade increased by 51,4 percent and reached 63 billion 690 million yuan. "The EU's smearing of Xinjiang on human rights and restricting Xinjiang products will only harm European businesses and ordinary citizens." said.