November 16, 2019

Cotton and Corporate Responsibility: Fighting Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Uzbekistan

There are considerable differences with regard to forced labor in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, but there is an underlying corporate responsibility to not engage in human rights abuses.

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October 10, 2017

Uzbekistan eyes to produce 15,000 cotton harvesters in 5 years

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June 24, 2020

A New Chapter in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector?

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September 6, 2018

Uzbekistan intends to stop export of cotton fiber by 2025

Uzbekistan has planned to stop the export of cotton fiber and to ensure its full processing in the domestic market by 2025, RIA Novosti reported (...)

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March 31, 2018

Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan will reduce cotton export

AKIPRESS.COM - President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that export of cotton will be reduced, because the country will boost processing this resource itself, the (...)

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June 26, 2018

Brands urged to continue boycott of Uzbek cotton despite promised reforms

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April 4, 2019

Uzbekistan Making Progress to Phase Out Forced Cotton Labor, Report Says

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November 3, 2018

Uzbekistan to expand drip irrigation at cotton fields

On October 31, a meeting was held in Tashkent under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on issues of the integrated development of agriculture, the (...)

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February 5, 2021

Uzbekistan liberalizes the cotton market

Uzbekistan is among the important developing textile markets with its population of more than 33.5 million and a national income of 250 billion dollars. The country (...)

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April 5, 2019

Uzbekistan Praised For Curtailing Forced Labor In Cotton Harvest. Activists Say Not So Fast.

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