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Article

13 Jan 2005

Author:
Gary Norris, CP (Canadian Press)

Head of China textile and apparel council pledges 'ethical sourcing'

China is sensitive to Western concerns about how the end of quotas on Jan. 1 will affect fair trade, forced labour and product piracy, said Du Yuzhou, president of the China National Textile and Apparel Council...China has been accused of harbouring forced labour, lax environmental regulation and other exploitive practices...[refers to Hudson's Bay, Zellers (part of Hudson's Bay)]