SEIA late last year began urging its members to exit the Xinjiang region and has asked its member companies to be able to provide assurances by June that their products are free of forced labor. Having (coal workers) mine for critical materials is a natural shift for them, said Granholm, a former Michigan governor who was confirmed last month as secretary. The protocol also recommends that companies have their implementation of the procedures audited by a third party. That would help Biden avoid some battles with environmentalists and other constituencies opposed to mining. It primarily blocks small companies and nonprofitslargely universities and their spinoff businessesfrom exceptions that allowed them to outsource manufacturing of technology developed with federal help, according to the department.
Microsoft was helping China develop some software.
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