The White House could ban products made using cotton from China’s Xinjiang region—where widespread human rights abuses are taking place
—as soon as Tuesday, the, while President Donald Trump is threatening to further reduce the United States’ economic ties with the world’s second-largest economy....
The ban, reportedly a bid to punish China for its alleged human rights abuses, comes after numerous reports suggest the Chinese government has detained hundreds of thousands of Xinjiang's Uighur muslims in"re-education" detention and forced labor camps. Trump’s potential ban also comes less than two months before the U.S. election, which has seen the U.S president ramp up restrictions and sanctions on Chinese companies, particularly tech and infrastructure firms, over concerns about national security.
China has also been a target of the Trump administration in recent months, which has sought to blame China’s communist government for trying to scupper his reelection bid through the coronavirus, which has killed close to 200,000 Americans and ravaged its economy.How leading clothing manufacturers and brands react to the potential ban, and whether they make changes to their supply chains or move out of China.
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