CHINA-US: US BUSINESSES LOBBY AGAINST BILL TO PREVENT IMPORT OF GOODS MADE WITH FORCED LABOUR

The New York Times (November 29) cited US Congressmen as saying that Nike and Coca-Cola are among the major companies and business groups lobbying Congress to weaken a bill that would ban imported goods made with forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region as well as lobbying records that show vast spending on the legislation. The article says the legislation, called the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, has become the target of multinational companies including Apple whose supply chains touch the far western Xinjiang region and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It observed that a report issued by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, in March, had listed Nike and Coca-Cola, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Campbell Soup Company, Costco, H&M, Patagonia, Tommy Hilfiger and others as companies suspected of ties to forced labour in Xinjiang.





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