August 26, 2020

Fashion can bear the costs of virtue cotton

Dasha AfanasievaLONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Clothing makers’ fair labour credentials are hanging by a thread – a cotton thread. More than 80% of China’s crop (...)

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May 8, 2021

Adidas shrugs off China boycott call to raise outlook

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January 13, 2021

UK tightens rules on using Uighur-picked cotton

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July 3, 2021

France probes fashion retailers for concealing 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang

PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's Xinjiang region, (...)

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January 7, 2021

Britain's M&S backs call to stop forced labour in China's Xinjiang

By Kieran GuilbertLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British retailer Marks & Spencer on Wednesday became one of the first major brands to back a drive (...)

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January 16, 2021

U.S. retailers told to target forced labor in China after cotton import crackdown

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March 17, 2021

UK lawmakers call for blacklist of firms linked to Uighur abuses

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March 25, 2021

After H&M, Nike feels Chinese social media heat over Xinjiang

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nike and Adidas came under fire on Chinese social media on Thursday after Beijing’s propaganda offensive against Swedish fashion brand H&M sparked (...)

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December 3, 2020

U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'

By David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China’s western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, banning cotton imports from a powerful (...)

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December 15, 2020

Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report

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