Comment / Amid clampdown, no hiding place for forced labour cotton

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Fashion labels are facing supply chain disruption, fines and brand damage as legislators clamp down on garments and textiles that contain cotton from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.

While the US has led the charge on sanctioning Xinjiang-originated goods, the EU is shortly to follow, meaning that across the two largest consumer markets in the world, retailers will have to get their supply chains in order.

Washington’s Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) was signed into law in June 2022, and states ...