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This Initiative Wants to ‘Drive Change’ to End Modern Cotton Slavery
The YESS initiative seeks to empower spinners and mills to identify and mitigate forced labor in cotton…
Xinjiang Cotton Detected in Adidas, Hugo Boss and Puma Garments
The findings appear to undermine promises the brands made to no longer source materials or products from the…
Should US Companies Brace for Xinjiang Crackdown 2.0?
Republican lawmakers want the SEC to require companies to report on any supply-chain ties with products made…
‘Hand Wringing’ and ‘Finger Pointing’ Define US-China Trade
Topping the complex geopolitical issues dividing the world's two superpowers are punitive tariffs passed down…
What Do China’s Latest Moves Mean for Forced Labor?
China ratified two international treaties on forced labor last week. What now?
China Has ‘No Intention’ of Curbing Xinjiang Textile Industry
A spokesperson for the government of Xinjiang denounced the hearing and refuted claims that it's conducting…
China’s BCI-Snubbing Cotton Sustainability Standard Goes Into Effect
The standard is a direct repudiation of the Better Cotton Initiative, which suspended operations in Xinjiang…
Vietnamese Exports Could Be Linked to Forced Labor
Raw cotton and semi-finished cotton goods from Xinjiang, "laundered" through Vietnam, could land brands like…
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Navigating the New Forced Labor Law
With the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act set to take effect in June, it's crucial that importers…
Why CBP’s Giving Li-Ning the Cold Shoulder
After the world's largest sovereign fund backed away from Li-Ning, the Xinjiang-sourcing athletic giant faces…
Li-Ning’s Xinjiang Link Sends World’s Largest Sovereign Fund Fleeing
Norges Bank Investment Management made its decision following warnings over the forced-labor pitfalls in…
What Retail Really Wants from the Uyghur Bill: ‘You Really Have to Guess What the Issue Is’
The biggest problem right now? "Arbitrarily and inconsistently" enforced detentions, said ArentFox Schiff…
Uzbek Cotton Boycott Ends After Decade-Plus Freeze-Out
More than 330 brands and retailers, including Adidas, Gap, H&M and Zara owner Inditex, had signed the boycott…
Amazon Xinjiang Forced-Labor Links: ‘We Take Action’
America's largest Muslim civil-rights organization is urging Amazon to sever ties with suppliers tied to…
Uzbek Cotton Now ‘Free’ of Child and Forced Labor, ILO Says
Cotton in Uzbekistan, once synonymous with modern-day slavery, is now "free" of child and forced labor, the…