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 camps. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), signed into law last week, is the latest, and strongest, effort by the United States to address the issue of forced labor in Xinjiang. According to industry experts, the UFLPA may significantly raise the prices of cotton, stop the importation of many cotton garments, and further stress supply lines from Asian manufacturers to U.S. consumers. The new law creates a legal presumption that all goods made in Xinjiang or with Xinjiang raw materials are made with forced labor—and thus barred from entry into the United States. It will be the …
New Anti-Slavery Law Will Impose Cost on China For Its Genocide in Xinjiang: Expert
December 27, 2021
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