filoria@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoEU reaches deal on forced labour ban, with China’s Xinjiang in its sightswww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down13
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minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·4 months agoThe funniest part about this ban is that it puts intense scrutiny on US supply chains, which are heavily reliant on prison labour.
minus-squareInfamousblt [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·4 months agoI was gonna say, are they targeting the US then, which has one of the world’s largest slave labor populations? Somehow I doubt they’ll actually take action against the US for all the slave labor that happens there.
minus-squareknfrmitylinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 months agoThere will just be an exemption for supply chains with US elements.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoWeird how a ban on forced labor would affect a system relying on forced labor!
The funniest part about this ban is that it puts intense scrutiny on US supply chains, which are heavily reliant on prison labour.
I was gonna say, are they targeting the US then, which has one of the world’s largest slave labor populations? Somehow I doubt they’ll actually take action against the US for all the slave labor that happens there.
There will just be an exemption for supply chains with US elements.
Weird how a ban on forced labor would affect a system relying on forced labor!