European Union Should Adopt Forced Labor Law

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Workers make aluminum alloy products on a production line in Jinhu county, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2020. © 2020 Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images The links between China’s rapidly expanding car industry and forced labor in the Xinjiang region demonstrate why it is vital for European Union governments to adopt a proposed law banning imports and exports linked to forced labor. EU institutions agreed on a draft version of the law on March 5, and EU governments are scheduled to vote on it on March 13. China’s car imports into the EU are growing exponentially,…

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