China investigates US company for refusing to buy Xinjiang cotton

September 27, 2024 | Radio Free Asia | By Uyghar for RFA Uyghur

Henryk Szadziewski, research director at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, said China is using the measure to lash back over criticism of its policies in Xinjiang.

“This is very much a message to multinational corporations that they should not comply with sanctions and other kinds of bans placed on entities operating in Xinjiang,” he said. “It definitely is a countermeasure to what is being done outside of China.”

Nevertheless, multinational companies that adhere to U.S. sanctions and exclude forced labor products from their supply chains could face repercussions in China, Szadziewski said.

“If you do want to operate in China, you really have to operate by their rules and not by the rules of elsewhere,” he said.

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