Cotton
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U.S. Senators Press SHEIN on Forced Labor
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is pressing Chinese fast fashion company SHEIN for information on Xinjiang cotton made with forced labor in their supply chains.
Two Months In, What's the Impact of the U.S. UFLPA?
The U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which took effect earlier in the summer, imposes legal obligations that some experts have described as "very difficult, sometimes near impossible" to satisfy. Serving as a near embargo on imports of goods sourced from Xinjiang, the law not only affects
Members of Congress Press U.S. Customs on Cotton Imports Tied to Forced Labor
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and
Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), who are all part of
the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) [https://www.cecc.gov/],
sent a letter
[https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4CCECC26-AC84-49EE-85F6-64FE12376347]
Australia Raises Various Chinese Trade Restrictions at WTO State-Trading Enterprise Meeting
It has been widely reported in the media that Australia-China trade relations
have deteriorated in recent months. Some aspects of this issue have been
discussed in WTO committees and other bodies. At the May 3 meeting of the WTO’s
Working Party on State-Trading Enterprises, for which the minutes were