July 21, 2021

Reports of forced labor are driving brands to abandon Chinese cotton

Early last year, amid mounting reports of forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), U.S. outdoor apparel maker Patagonia (...)

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November 13, 2019

Xinjiang cotton sparks concern over 'forced labour' claims

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November 21, 2019

CHINA: What are the influences of reserving 500kt Xinjiang cotton?

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March 27, 2021

How brands are responding to China’s Xinjiang boycotts: deleting past statements or all-out flip-flops

BY GRADY MCGREGORSome of the world’s largest apparel companies are facing an unprecedented reckoning in China as state media outlets and social media campaigns call for (...)

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August 23, 2020

Sanctions on China’s top cotton supplier weave a tangled web for fashion brands

By Eva DouIn the vast steppes of China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, a paramilitary organization produces more than 7 percent of the world’s cotton, which factories (...)

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December 18, 2020

US enforcement covers a third of cotton produced with forced labor from Xinjiang: report

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August 7, 2021

Levi Strauss sustainability chief leaves Better Cotton Initiative board

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June 25, 2021

Nike's China sales in spotlight after Xinjiang backlash

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - All eyes will be on Nike Inc’s sales forecast for China as it reports quarterly numbers against the backdrop of calls (...)

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August 9, 2020

US farm brand John Deere at forefront of surging cotton machinery sales to Xinjiang, as human rights sanctions loom

Sales of hi-tech US cotton-harvesting machinery to be used in Xinjiang rose by more than 4,000 per cent in April from a year earlier, a (...)

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October 2, 2020

Uighur labor will be tough to avoid with about 20% of cotton connected to Xinjiang

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