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Chinese power crunch adds to viral and shipping problems
Alarming new reports are coming in about serious shortages of components and finished products made in China, which may prevent brands, distributors and retailers in all the sectors to respond to a surge in post-pandemic demand ahead of the critical Christmas selling season. One major cause is a big shortage ...
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Some footwear factories closed in Putian due to Covid-19
Some shoe factories have been temporarily closed in China’s footwear cluster of Putian, in the Fujian province, because of an outbreak of Covid-19, according to Footwearbiz.com. According to Business of Fashion, some of Putian’s cases could be traced back to employees of a shoe factory, of which there are believed ...
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Yantian port backlog will take several weeks to clear
A backlog at Yantian, China’s largest container terminal, will take several weeks to clear, according to the Danish shipping company Maersk . Maersk, which is the largest shipping company in the world, told the news agency AFP that it had been informed by the port’s authorities that activity ...
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Amnesty accuses China of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
Amnesty International has released a 160-page report titled Like We Were Enemies in a War: China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang . Since 2017, Amnesty argues, Chinese authorities have been using “one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance systems and a vast network of hundreds ...
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U.S. customs is withholding cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang
The U.S. government is increasing its pressure on Chinese interests and authorities to stop engaging in labor practices that violate basic human rights. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has issued a third Withhold Release Order (WRO) for cotton products and tomato products produced in Xinjiang, ...
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U.K., Canada to restrict business with Xinjiang
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the U.K. is seeking to separate British organizations from the extra-judicial detentions and forced labor that Uyghur Muslims and other minorities are undergoing at the hands of the ruling Chinese Communist Party in the province of Xinjiang. Citing “proof from the Chinese authorities’ ...
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ArticleEU, China reach in principle an agreement on investments
After seven years of talks, the European Union and China have agreed in principle on an investment agreement after their leaders met on a conference call on Dec. 30. The parties had set the end of 2020 as the deadline to strike a deal. The European Commission said that ...
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Prada sales rise over 10% in China in May
Prada ’s sales in China rose “significantly” more than 10 percent in May compared with April, the company’s chief executive officer Patrizio Bertelli told Bloomberg TV . But, the rise is still far from sufficient to compensate for the decline in sales in the country following the lockdowns introduced ...
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Spain, Portugal to benefit from accelerated reshoring
The novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an acceleration in the reshoring of manufacturing to Europe. Alicia Garcia-Herrera , senior fellow at the European think tank Bruegel , said in an interview with Exame magazine that the shift could be significant for countries such as Spain and Portugal. ...
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