Xinjiang cotton boycott leaves Western brands reeling
By DW
10 April 2021 |
1:19 pm
Names like Adidas and Burberry face a dilemma: either respect a boycott on cotton from China's Xinjiang region — reportedly produced using forced Uyghur labor — or lose access to the world's biggest consumer market.
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