AAFA warns Canada over forced labour law

OTTAWA — The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged Canada to avoid broad forced-labour import restrictions, warning that they could become a de facto ban on goods across entire countries and sectors.

The trade group drew on its experience of the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), under which shipments from the Xinjiang region of China, or made by Uyghur Muslims transferred to other regions, are presumed to have been made with forced labour unless importers can prove otherwise.