January 27, 2021
WASHINGTON January 27, 2021 The American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors of America, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association today submitted a letter to House and Senate Leadership of the 117 Congress, reiterating zero tolerance for forced labor and urging Congress to take quick, clear, implementable, and decisive action on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The letter further urges Congress to ensure that any action is part of a broader U.S.-led global strategy to end forced labor in the XUAR and the larger campaign of oppression it fuels.
Today’s letter states that, collectively the members of the undersigned associations are:
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WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors of America, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association today submitted a letter to House and Senate Leadership of the 117 Congress, reiterating zero tolerance for forced labor and urging Congress to take quick, clear, implementable, and decisive action on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The letter further urges Congress to ensure that any action is part of a broader U.S.-led global strategy to end forced labor in the XUAR and the larger campaign of oppression it fuels.
Today s letter states that, collectively the members of the undersigned associations are:
The American Apparel & Footwear Association, the National Retail Federation, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the United States Fashion Industry Association have.
[co-author: Stacey Halliday, Independent Consultant for Beveridge & Diamond PC]
On January 13, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a withhold release order (WRO), effective immediately, to detain cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) at all U.S. ports of entry. The WRO applies to direct shipments from China, as well as goods shipped from other countries that contain cotton and tomatoes originating from the XUAR. CBP cited various forced labor indicators against ethnic minorities in the XUAR in making its decision to issue the WRO, invoking its authority to prohibit goods produced by forced labor under 19 U.S.C. § 1307. The United States estimates that the Chinese government has detained more than 1 million Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities to work in labor and reeducation camps. The Chinese government has denied these allegations and strongly opposed the new W
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