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Report: Supply Chain Intermediaries Are ‘Laundering’ Banned Cotton from Xinjiang

A farmer picks cotton on a farm on the outskirts of Hami, Xinjiang Region. Getty Images.
A farmer picks cotton on a farm on the outskirts of Hami, Xinjiang Region. (Getty Images)

Despite legal manoeuvres designed to block cotton sourced from the Chinese region from entering the fashion supply chain, and specifically the US market, problems with transparency mean some companies could still be unwittingly using it.

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