Australia’s door is still open to goods made with Uyghur forced labour

Australia's A$6.95 billion annual exposure to high-risk Uyghur forced-labour supply chains signals weak import controls and strategic vulnerability to economic coercion or reputational/legal liability. As the US and EU tighten restrictions, Australia risks becoming a dumping ground for sanctioned goods, undermining both resource sovereignty (Pillar 1) and strategic decoupling from China (Pillar 5), and deepening dependence on Chinese supply chains in critical sectors (cotton, solar inputs, aluminum, chemicals).