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November 20, 2022 Bloomberg

Shein’s Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor

A US attempt to ban imports of cotton linked to forced labor in China contains a loophole large enough for a multibillion-dollar business to pass through: clothing from Shein, the Chinese online retail giant and social-media phenomenon that ships fast-fashion apparel directly to consumers.

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October 25, 2022 Associated Press

UK court to hear Uyghur demands to ban Xinjiang cotton

A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain’s failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region.

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October 25, 2022 BBC News

Chinese cotton sold in UK could be from persecuted Uyghurs, court hears

The UK government acted unlawfully by not investigating whether some cotton imports come from Uyghur forced-labour camps in China, a court has heard.

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October 24, 2022 Sourcing Journal

Why ‘Collective Outrage’ Erupted Over This Polarizing Shipping Proposal

A group of 40 environmental and human-rights groups, including Greenpeace, the Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum and the Uyghur Human Rights Project, fired off an open letter expressing its “collective outrage” over a proposal by major U.S. businesses to obscure data collected from shipping manifests...

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October 17, 2022 Associated Press

US businesses propose hiding trade data used to trace abuse

A group of major U.S. businesses wants the government to hide key import data -- a move trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overseas.

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October 17, 2022 Sourcing Journal

70 Critics Outline EU Forced-Labor Fixes

More than 70 human-rights organizations, civil society groups and trade unions, including Anti-Slavery International, the Clean Clothes Campaign, Human Rights Watch and the World Uyghur Congress, have signed a letter Thursday urging the European Commission to beef up proposed legislation to ban goods made with forced labor.

October 14, 2022 Ecotextile News

Campaigners want more from forced labour ban

More than 70 civil societies, human rights coalitions and trade unions have released a joint statement on the European Commission's proposals to ban products made with forced labour from the single market.

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October 8, 2022 Irish Times

Ireland urged to ban imports of cotton produced using ‘forced labour’ in China

The Revenue Commissioners and the Irish customs authorities are obliged by law to ban cotton imports from China which, it is claimed, are being produced using forced labour, rights groups have said.

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September 27, 2022 Wall Street Journal

Forced Labor a ‘Top-Tier’ Compliance Issue, Says U.S. Official

A newly operative U.S. law is imposing major hurdles on the importation of goods from China’s Xinjiang region, the home of China’s Uyghur people and other minority groups.

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September 14, 2022 Bloomberg

EU Doesn’t Single Out China in Planned Ban on Forced Labor Goods

The European Union wants to ban products made with forced labor in a broad proposal meant to address China’s alleged abuse of Uyghur labor, although the bloc would stop short of singling out goods from the region of Xinjiang.

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