US FLWG calls for multi-stakeholder approach to enforce UFLPA

FLWG suggested openly publishing a list of entities active or complicit in the use of forced labour in or from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and their products.

The recommendations came in response to the US department of homeland security and the

Forced Labour Enforcement Task Force Federal Register Notice request for comment.

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) should not detain merchandise unless an importer’s supply chain definitively involves an entity or product listed on the Task Force’s prohibited list, it suggested.

FLWG, set up in 2019, is spearheaded by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the National Retail Federation (NRF), the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA).

It also comprises organisations, associations, as well as experts in forced labour and human rights who have significant, long-standing and direct experience in addressing forced laboir concerns.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)