Category: cotton

New Anti-Slavery Law Will Impose Cost on China For Its Genocide in Xinjiang: Expert

December 27, 2021
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News Analysis New legislation aimed at stopping the use of slave labor in China’s Xinjiang region has the potential to severely disrupt America’s $150 billion fashion industry. At risk is the industry’s access to the 20 percent of the world’s cotton produced in Xinjiang, and the fate of one million Uyghurs held in China’s prison…

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Cotton Prices Surge to Highest Levels in a Decade

October 7, 2021
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Cotton prices are soaring at their highest levels in a decade, joining the rally in the broader commodities and raw materials market. Cotton futures advanced as much as 7.68 percent to fresh ten-year highs of $1.10 on the U.S. ICE Futures exchange Wednesday. This is the best price since September 2011. Although cotton eased by…

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Veteran GOP Lawmakers Call for Gwen Berry’s Removal From US Olympic Team Over Anthem Protest

June 29, 2021
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Two Republican lawmakers are calling for hammer thrower bronze medalist Gwendolyn Berry to be removed from the team after using her position in the U.S. Olympics as a vehicle for her activism. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) made similar comments over the June 26 incident when Berry decided to turn away from the American flag…

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Chinese TV Blurring Western Fashion Brand Logos as Xinjiang Row Escalates

April 11, 2021
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A state-backed campaign to boycott Western fashion brands for their refusal to use Xinjiang cotton over forced labor concerns has been seen for more than two weeks cross China. TV channels and online video streaming platforms have been blurring the logos of the Western brands on their shows. Since the end of March, entertainment shows…

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