- Gary Bauer with theUnited States Commission

on International ReligiousFreedom joins me now.

This report says there'sclear and convincing evidence

of Chinese genocide against Uyghur Muslims

and that China's leaders

are the architects of this genocide.

What should the United States do

in response to these new findings?

- The United Statesgovernment has a number

of tools at their disposal.

They can sanction membersof the Chinese government

that are implicated in thisgenocide of the Uyghur people.

They can put various penalties

in our trade relationshipbetween the two countries.

But the real problem hereI think is not in the hands

of the United States government.

It's how American businesshas been either directly

or indirectly empoweringthe kind of repression

that we're seeing in Communist China,

not only against the Uyghur Muslims

but against all religious faiths.

And USCIRF particularly wantsto call out corporate America

for their failure to take steps

to ensure that this does not happen.

- And Commissioner Bauer,to that very point,

your commission says thereare numerous US companies

including Nike, Amazon, and Tommy Hilfiger

that are making theplight of Uyghurs worse.

Tell us how they'refueling the persecution.

- Well, this is both interestingand deeply disturbing.

20 years ago, huge debatein the United States

on whether we ought to give China

most favored nation status in trading.

There was heavy lobbying by theAmerican business community,

by the National Chamberof Commerce to do that.

And one of the arguments was that

if we did this newimproved trade relationship

with Communist China, itwould change Communist China.

What we're seeing over the last 20 years,

the trade with China ischanging American corporations

and making them lobbyists,

in many cases, for Communist China.

The Uyghurs are beingforced into slave labor.

Literally, they're being putinto factories where they work

for nothing or virtually no wages.

Numerous corporations inEurope and the United States

have their supply chainsin Communist China.

And those supply chains are being poisoned

by being implicated in that slave labor.

- What would be your message then

to these various conglomerates

that are operating today in China?

- I would say to US companies,

remember you are American companies.

Stand for American values.

And if you don't, we're goingto call you out and shame you.

You're risking your company's reputation

by not taking this issue seriously.

- Commissioner Bauer, thank you so much

for coming on the broadcast.- My pleasure.