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Comment: US cracks down on forced labor in supply chains, convinces allies to do same

By Kat Lucero ( June 21, 2021, 21:12 GMT | Comment) -- Cotton products from China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp. and disposable gloves from Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation are among the imports US Customs and Border Protection has detained in recent years under the agency’s expanded authority to block imports of goods suspected to have been made with forced labor.Seafood harvested by Chinese shipping fleet Dalian Ocean Fishing. Cotton products from China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp.  Disposable gloves from Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation.  Rough cut diamonds from Zimbabwe....

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