https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-us-can-have-solar-supplies-stand-up-human-rights-2021-10-26/?

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday that the United States could have strong solar energy supply chains while standing up for human rights, following criticism that solar imports from China are linked to forced labor.

The U.S. government has issued warnings to businesses about the risks of supply chains and investments in China's Xinjiang region - which supplies much of the world's solar industry - based on accusations of mass detention camps there for Muslim ethnic groups.

Sullivan told reporters at a White House briefing ahead of President Joe Biden's attendance at the U.N. climate change conference next week that there was no "structural" reason why the United States should be "forced to choose" between solar energy and human rights.