# U.S. scholar: Washington turns Xinjiang issue into a ‘presumption of guilt’ tool

https://mins.news/en/item/16717

- China News Service, 2026-08-08 03:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/video/2026-08-08/detail-ihfhziqh0066717.shtml

> Josef Gregory Mahoney, a politics and international relations professor at East China Normal University, criticized the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. He said the measure lacks a legitimate foundation under international law. Mahoney argued that it breaches basic WTO rules and international trade norms. He also said its enforcement standards are fundamentally defective, applying an unfair presumption that treats all related entities as guilty without evidence.

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