Shein, a major fast-fashion brand, is under fire for allegedly selling clothes made by forced labor in China.
"While Shein claims its products do not utilize Uyghur forced labor and it works with third parties to audit its facilities, experts counter these types of audits are easily manipulated or falsified by state-sponsored pressure," the lawmakers wrote to Gensler."Other experts argue that it is appropriate to presuppose that any product made in the XUAR is made with forced labor.
The company, whose de facto holding company is located in Singapore, hired its first federal lobbyists in 2022 with goals to expand its distribution into the U.S. market,
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