The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that it has launched investigations into major clothing brands such as Nike and Adidas for allegedly selling products made from Chinese slave labor.
On Tuesday, the committee sent letters to the CEOs of Nike, Adidas, and SHEIN with a series of questions aimed at unearthing the companies’ potential use and distribution of products made from forced Uyghur labor. A letter was also sent to the president of Temu, an online marketplace, with similar inquiries.
“On March 23, 2023, [this committee] held a hearing titled, ‘The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide,'” the letters to Nike and Adidas read. At the hearing, according to the letter, members “received written testimony in which an expert assessed that ‘American companies are financing the state-sponsored forced labor programs in the Uyghur Region.’ We seek additional information regarding this matter.”— The Select Committee on the CCP (@committeeonccp) May 3, 2023
“We need answers. We need to end American support for forced labor. We need to Just Do It.” -Select Committee Chairman @RepGallagher
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