Saturday, January 16, 2021
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 WRO.
2021 should be a year of winners and losers. The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic means there will be continued volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, with fewer retail brands, stores and malls. The winners will be those companies that communicate purpose, deliver new value, and adapt to this new normal, according to executives consulted by just-style.
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The U.S. said Wednesday it would stop importing cotton and tomato-based food products from China’s Uighur region as part of a pressure campaign against the Communist Party for allegedly using forced labor from detained Uighur Muslims.
The ban, announced by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at a Washington news conference, applies to raw fibers, apparel and textiles made from cotton grown in the Xinjiang region of northwest China.
The area is a major supplier of cotton worldwide, so the ban could have significant effects on global commerce. The Trump administration previously banned imports from individual companies linked to forced labor in the region.
IMPORT/EXPORT By Andrew Asch | Thursday, December 17, 2020
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