H.R. 6210, The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passed three House 406-3 last night, led by @RepMcGovern and @RepChrisSmith. Among other things, the bill would authorize sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for forced labor abuses
against the Muslim Uyghur population
2/ ....the bill would also require companies listed on U.S. exchanges to disclose their engagement with entities in Xinjiang that abuse human rights. Supporters of the bill say that Xinjiang produces more than 20% of the world’s cotton...
3/ ... and that 20% of the worlds cotton garments might be tainted with this slave labor. You might be wearing some of these garments made with slave labor right now!
Rights groups say the list of companies include:
•Abercrombie & Fitch
•adidas
•Amazon
...
4/ •Badger Sport (Founder Sport Group)
•C&A (Cofra Holding AG)
•Calvin Klein (PVH)
•Carter’s
•Cerruti 1881 (Trinity Limited)
•Costco
•Cotton On
•Dangerfield (Factory X Pty Ltd)
•Esprit (Esprit Holdings Ltd.)
•Fila (FILA KOREA Ltd)
•Gap
•H&M
...
5/•Hart Schaffner Marx (Authentic Brands Group)
•Ikea (Inter IKEA Systems B.V.)
•Jack & Jones (Bestseller)
•Jeanswest (Harbour Guidance Pty Ltd)
•L.L.Bean
•Lacoste (Maus Freres)
•Li-Ning
•Marks & Spencer
•Mayor
•Muji (Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.)
...
6/ •Nike
•Patagonia
•Polo Ralph Lauren (Ralph Lauren Corporation)
•Puma
•Skechers
•Summit Resource International (Caterpillar)
•Target Australia (Wesfarmers)
•Tommy Hilfiger (PVH)
•Uniqlo (Fast Retailing)
•Victoria’s Secret (L Brands)
...
7/ •Woolworths (Woolworth Corporation, LLC.)
•Zara (Inditex)
•Zegna
Source: uhrp.org/press-release/…
The bill now heads to the Senate where @marcorubio and @SenJeffMerkley are leading the charge, among others. Here’s the ranking GOPer on House Foreign Affairs, @RepMcCaul addressing this bill:
gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/blog/icymi-mcc…
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