Article 56QM6 Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions

Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions

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Emma Graham-Harrison and Stephanie Kirchgaessner
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Details on staff uniforms come after CEO Tim Cook says he will not tolerate modern slavery

Apple has imported clothes - probably uniforms for staff in stores - from a company facing US sanctions over forced labour at a subsidiary firm in China's western Xinjiang region, shipping records show.

The details come a week after Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, told the US Congress he would not tolerate forced labour or modern-day slavery in the company's supply chains.

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