{
  "id": 17007606,
  "title": "US Bans Chinese Biotech Firms BGI Group, BGI Genomics & MGI Tech Over Alleged Xinjiang Forced Labour Links",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/us-bans-chinese-biotech-firms-bgi-group-bgi-genomics-mgi-tech-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T03:07:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/us-bans-chinese-biotech-firms-bgi-group-bgi-genomics-mgi-tech-over-alleged-xinjiang-forced-labour-links"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Washington: The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is blocking shipments by the Chinese biotech company BGI Group and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labour in China's far-west ethnic region of Xinjiang. . @DHSGov announced a new ban on imports from three Chinese genomic companies – collectively known as the BGI Group – for their ties to forced labor in Xinjiang where the CCP is…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}