Thursday, 03 Dec 2020 09:02 AM MYT
The US Customs and Border Protection agency said the “Withhold Release Order” would ban cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps , one of China’s largest producers. While the Treasury sanctions target XPCC’s financial structure, the CBP action will force apparel firms and other companies importing cotton products into the United States to eliminate XPCC-produced cotton fiber from many layers of their supply chains, said Brenda Smith, CBP’s executive assistant commissioner for trade.
US apparel makers had criticised a broader ban as impossible to enforce, but on Wednesday, clothing and retail groups in a joint statement welcomed CBP’s XPCC-specific ban and said they were on the “front lines of efforts to ensure forced labour does not taint our supply chains or enter the United States.”
Damn. US of A talking about cotton and slavery. Why does that sound familiar....hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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