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Nike, Inc. has been accused of using sweatshops and worker abuse to produce footwear and apparel in East Asia. After rising prices and the increasing cost of labor in Korean and Taiwanese factories, Nike began contracting in countries elsewhere in Asia, which includes parts of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
The bill — called the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act — focused on the Xinjiang region of China. Nike issued a statement in March saying the company does not source products from the ...
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passed the House by a 406-3 vote in September Nike, Coca-Cola lobbying to weaken China forced labor bill: Report Skip to main content
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Even if a company does not move to another country with more relaxed labor laws, economic demand theory says that the more a good cost, the less the demand for it is. Economists argue that even though the labor is "exploitative", it should be permitted, as trying to put regulations on sweatshop labor would only result in sweatshops needing ...
China's legal definition of trafficking does not automatically regard children over the age of 14 who are subjected to the commercial sex trade as trafficking victims. [2] Chinese laws only recognize forms of coercion other than abduction, such as threats of physical harm or non-physical harm, as constituting a means of trafficking.
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China often accuses Uyghur people of terrorism and has set up a system of camps, which they claim are "vocational training centers." [67] However, those who have lived through the camps allege that the authorities torture, rape, and sexually abuse the prisoners as well as force them into unpaid labor and sterilize the women. [68]