Labor Rights
Total 138 Posts
Australian House of Representatives Considers Bill Banning Imports of Goods Made With Forced Labor
As we reported here
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australian-senate-approves-bill-banning-imports-of-goods-forced-labor/]
, in late August, the Australian Senate passed a bill
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1307]
– Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Forced Labour)
U.S. Senate Hearing on Two Commerce Department Nominees Raises Various U.S.-China Trade Issues
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing
[https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-consider-the-nomination-of-lisa-w-wang-of-the-district-of-columbia-to-be-an-assistant-secretary-of-commerce-vice-jeffrey-kessler]
today on the nominations of two Commerce Department officials: Maria Louise Lago
as
Canada Seizes Shipment of Chinese Goods Due To Forced Labor Concerns
The Toronto Globe and Mail reported
[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-seizes-goods-made-with-forced-labour-from-china-mps-urge-more/]
that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has seized a shipment of goods
from China that were made with forced labor, although the details on the
Latest WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiating Text Addresses Forced Labor
As we reported
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/two-recent-biden-administration-actions-against-forced-labor-in-fishing/]
in June, on May 26 the Biden administration put forward a proposal
[https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/IssueAreas/Trade%20Organizations/WTO/US.Proposal.Forced.Labor.26May2021.final%5B2%5D.pdf]
in the
Canadian Retail Company Pulls Products Made In China Due to Forced Labor Concerns
In response to a story
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-canadian-brands-forced-labour-1.6236820]
by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the Canadian company Reitmans
has pulled certain products from its shelves due to concerns that they were made
in a Chinese factory that used forced labor
GOP Senators Send Letter to U.S. International Development Finance Corporation on Solar Panels and Forced Labor
On November 4, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rick Scott
(R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ben Sasse (R-NE), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) sent
a
letter
[https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E6762115-790A-42E5-AED1-
Chinese Solar Panel Maker Responds To Reports of Blocked Shipments
Tensions continue over allegations of the use of forced labor in Chinese solar
panel production and blocked shipments to the United States as a result. U.S.
Customs officials have been looking into this issue closely in recent
[https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/new-u-s-actions-related-to-forced-labor-