The China Cotton Association (CCA) voiced its resolute opposition to the United States’ suppression of China’s cotton textile industry in the name of human rights. The US side has recently signed the so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” into law, classifying all products produced in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as “forced labor” products and banning imports of products related to Xinjiang.
As the second-largest cotton producer and the largest cotton importer and textile producer globally, China has seen tremendous progress in its cotton textile industry and has become a crucial part of the global textile industry chain. The USA’s move will continue to hurt the Chinese cotton textile industry and severely disrupt the cotton textile production and trade order in China and the whole world, the association, said in a statement. CCA claims that the US side is entirely ignorant that its abrupt interference will affect the legitimate rights and interests of related companies, as well as their employees, from all over the world.
China’s cotton and textile industry has been committed to protecting the rights and interests of its laborers, improving labors’ living conditions, and offering stable, reliable supply-chain services to global clothing brands and retailers, the statement said, stressing that the industry should be treated fairly. The industry will open up wider to the world and continue cooperation with its overseas counterparts. External suppression and discredits cannot, and will not, hinder the industry’s high-quality and sustainable development.
