The Trump Administration is blocking shipments from a Chinese company making baby pajamas sold at Costco warehouses, after the foreign manufacturer was accused of forcing ethnic minorities locked in an internment camp to sew clothes against their will.
Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said the orders, the most issued in a single day,"shows that if we suspect a product is made using forced labor, we'll take that product off U.S. shelves." Before 2016, the Tariff Act — which gave Customs and Border Protection the authority to seize shipments where forced labor was suspected and block further imports — had been used only 39 times over its first 85 years, largely because of two words:"consumptive demand" —meaning if there was not sufficient supply to meet domestic demand, imports were allowed regardless of how they were produced.
In response, Hetian Taida's U.S. buyer Badger Sportswear, in Statesville, North Carolina, cut off imports and Hetian Taida stopped exporting to the U.S., according to records published by ImportGenius, which tracks shipping activity around the world. Scott Nova, executive director of Worker Rights Consortium, said he was shocked that Costco agreed to do business with a firm already associated with China's re-education camps."The Chinese government has created a human rights nightmare for the Uighur people and Hetian Taida has been an active partner in Beijing's brutality. The company's use of forced labor is well documented and CBP is right to act," said Nova.
Workers at WRP and many other rubber glove factories have been forced to pay staggering fees as high as $5000 in their home countries, including Bangladesh and Nepal, for jobs that don't meet their promise, said activist Andy Hall, who has advocated on behalf of Southeast Asian migrant laborers.
Bay Medical's owner David Dorris was visiting WRP last week in Malaysia when he heard, first hand, his shipping container had been detained.
Something he did right. I wonder the motivation? Psychopaths always have a reason for the things they do.
Costco should be ashamed. Anything to make a buck reaps it's ugly head again. Costco morals at the top should be questioned. questions forcedlabor ImsureWalmartdoesthesame Costcoandwhoelse? reapwhatyousew
Of course. These people are paid virtually nothing. Horrible.
. And this is for the children. .
LeslieMarshall Buy made in America.
This would be okay for trump because it’s done by a dictator which is what he wants to be!!!!!!!!
.realDonaldTrump Who made products for Ivanka conman? Once again you point fingers at folks who are doing what you & your family do.
We know who these ethnic minorities are, don't we? Uighur Muslims who China has decimated over several years. Good call to block the shipment. China should be thrown out of the UN security council.
Thanks Trump
I'm sorry, did I read that correctly? TRUMP HAS AN ISSUE WITH LOCKING UP MINORITIES AGAINST THEIR WILL IN INTERNMENT CAMPS? This is a joke, right?
What about ivankas slave labor making her tacky stuff
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