Traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19 per cent of a sample of merchandise selling at US and global retailers in the past year, a study showed, highlighting the challenges of complying with the US law aimed at blocking imports of cotton linked to forced labour in China. In the study released on … Read more
Forced labour in the private economy generates $236 billion in illegal profits per year with the total amount of illegal profits from forced labour rising by $64 billion or 37% since 2014, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday. “This is a dramatic increase that has been fuelled by both a growth in the … Read more
Now the legal battle between the Chinese firm and the US government is heating up in part over who shares the burden of proof and the reliability of evidence. How are Xinjiang goods still reaching the US 2 months into ‘forced labour’ law? The rapid developments are unfolding amid a “strategic derisking” effort by the … Read more
