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US imposes import restrictions on three additional Chinese companies with forced labour links

The United States has expanded import restrictions, targeting three additional Chinese companies implicated in using forced labour, particularly involving Uyghur minorities, in an effort to eliminate such goods from the U.S. supply chain. Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile Co Ltd, Xinjiang Tianshan Wool Textile Co. Ltd, and Xinjiang Zhongtai...

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Ralph Lauren, Diesel and Hugo Boss face Canadian watchdog investigation for forced labour claims

A number of fashion and apparel companies are facing investigations by a Canadian watchdog in regards to complaints alleging there was evidence of forced labour in their production. The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) published its initial reports for each of the companies in question, responding to a series of complaints...

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Canada launches enquiry into alleged use of Uyghur forced labour by Nike

Nike is facing fresh scrutiny as Canada's ethics watchdog investigates allegations of Uyghur forced labour in the company's Chinese operations. The probe follows complaints filed by human rights groups, reported the BBC. Nike claims it severed ties with the accused companies. The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (Core) has...

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Fast fashion giant Temu has no processes in place to prevent forced labour, says report

America’s Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Chairman Mike Gallagher and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi, has released an interim report on the investigations into Chinese fast fashion brands Shein and Temu. These investigations were initiated alongside inquiries into Nike and Adidas. The report reveals alarming findings...

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France drops fashion group probe over Uyghur labour

French magistrates have dropped a probe into allegations four fashion groups profited from forced labour of the Uyghur minority in China, prosecutors said Thursday. The national anti-terror prosecutor's office in Paris, which looks into purported crimes against humanity, said it had halted the investigation. The plaintiffs' lawyer William...

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Nike, Adidas, Shein, Temu in US probe over forced labour in China

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States is currently scrutinising some of the world's largest brands regarding forced labour and origin of their cotton-based products. The committee has sent letters to major fashion and sportswear retailers, including Nike, Adidas, Shein, and Temu, to inquire about...

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US lawmakers urge scrutiny of fashion firm Shein over forced labor reports

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged securities regulators to require fashion upstart Shein to attest it does not use forced Chinese labor as a condition of a public offering. Citing reports that the fast-growing discount apparel company uses cotton from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, two dozen members of the House of...

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TrusTrace partners with Kharon to highlight forced labour risks

Traceability solutions provider TrusTrace is partnering with Kharon, a leading provider in research and data analytics on global trade compliance, sanctions and other potential commercial threats, to help fashion brands and retailers address forced labour risks in their supply chain. The collaboration will help retail and fashion companies...

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Joint statement from AAFA, FDRA, NRF, RILA, USFIA in support of global approach to protect citizens in Xinjiang

The American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association – representing a broad swath of the U.S. business community – applaud today’s announcement of a global approach to end the campaign of...

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AAFA testifies during ways and means committee hearing on forced labor in Xinjiang

American Apparel & Footwear Association President and CEO Steve Lamar testified today as part of the House Ways and Means, Trade subcommittee hearing on “Enforcing the Ban on Imports Produced by Forced Labor in Xinjiang.” The hearing focused on responding to continuing reports of forced labor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)....

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Joint statement from AAFA, FDRA, NRF, RILA, AND USFIA on supply chains and Xinjiang

Our member companies have long maintained policies and compliance programs that seek to prevent, identify, and mitigate instances of forced labor. As an industry representing thousands of brands and retailers, ensuring that forced labor does not exist in our supply chains is a key priority. Following today’s launch of the NGO Call to Action, the...

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U.S. lawmakers seek to ban forced-labour goods from China

Earlier this month a U.S.-based labor rights group reported French casualwear brand Lacoste was producing gloves in a Chinese detention camp. The D.C.-based Worker Rights Consortium stated Uigher Muslims and imprisoned other ethnic minorities are being forced to sew the Lacoste-branded gloves, which the Chinese have dubbed as re-education camps....