CBP Intensifies Focus on Forced Labor Practices in China
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/12/20
On December 2, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an order blocking all imports of cotton and cotton products from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a Chinese state-owned company operating in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The impact of the order, intended to combat the alleged use of forced labor of ethnic Uighur Muslims, is potentially sweeping — as, by some estimates, XPCC produces 7% of the world’s cotton....
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP