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What the Latest Clampdown on Xinjiang Cotton Means for Fashion

New policies on both sides of the Atlantic mean businesses will likely have to prove their supply chains do not pass through the Chinese region, where the reported detention of Uighurs in forced labour camps is rife.
Workers remove by hand impurities such as leaves from cotton fibres the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region city Turpan, China.
Workers remove by hand impurities such as leaves from cotton fibres the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region city Turpan, China. Getty Images. (Chien-min Chung)

It’s an open secret the fashion industry has all but sidestepped for over two years, but now,

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