Hong Kong Textile Firm, Commerce Resolve Suit Against Firm's Placement on Entity List

Hong Kong-based apparel company Chagji Esquel Textile (CJE) and the Commerce Department filed a joint stipulation of dismissal on Aug. 11 in CJE's suit challenging its placement on the Entity List. The parties most recently filed a joint status report in June as they discussed the conditions related to the End-User Review Committee's July 2021 decision to drop the company from the Entity List (Changji Esquel Textile Co. v. Gina M. Raimondo, D.D.C. # 21-01798).

The apparel firm was initially placed on the Entity List for allegedly using forced labor from the Muslim Uyghur minority population in China's Xinjiang region. CJE filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing that Commerce acted ultra vires and in excess of its authority under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (see 2107070022).