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The Morrison government is facing growing calls to tighten anti-slavery laws with the Australian Council of Trade Unions arguing the current rules leave the door “wide open” for products made with Chinese forced labour to be imported. With the UK flagging a new crackdown this week, the Australian Border Force said the federal government was “closely monitoring” actions in other countries and would consider potential fines for breaches in a.
CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Jan 13, 2021 01:34 AM
A worker in the Pomegranate Seed Garment Co. in Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region agrees to have her photo taken. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The UK is reportedly set to tighten laws on imports related to China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for so-called forced labor accusations, an impetuous move that has been made based on untenable “evidence” which will worsen the frosty China-UK ties, analysts said.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was reportedly to make a statement on Tuesday in the House of Commons on the UK government’s response to allegations of “forced labor” in China’s Xinjiang region, The Telegraph reported on Monday.
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