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4 Min Read (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A crackdown by the United States on cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region is a “big red flag” that should spur retailers to ensure their supply chains are free of forced labor involving Uighur Muslims, according to a senior U.S. customs official. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said this week it would detain all imports of cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang and require companies to either prove the products were slavery-free or ship them elsewhere. The United Nations estimates at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims hav...

US to block cotton from China's Xinjiang region targeted in crackdown

The Associated Press An elderly Chinese man looks at map of Chinese showing its different ethnic groups and the slogan "Ethnic Unity" in Beijing, China Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being "baby-making machines." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) WASHINGTON — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes...

The sweeping ban, which was based on concerns about forced labor in the region, could compel companies to reorganize their multinational supply chains.

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it would be halting imports of cotton and tomatoes from China’s Uighur region as it ramps up pressure on Beijing for its campaign against the ethnic minority group.