Mmm. Mmm good! Mmm Mmm good! Thats what CCP soups are! Mmmm Mmmm good!
Posted on 11/29/2020 6:44:37 PM PST by KingofZion
Nike and Coca-Cola are among the major companies and business groups lobbying Congress to weaken a bill that would ban imported goods made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, according to congressional staff members and other people familiar with the matter, as well as lobbying records that show vast spending...
The bill, which would prohibit broad categories of certain goods made by persecuted Muslim minorities in an effort to crack down on human rights abuses, has gained bipartisan support, passing the House in September by a margin of 406 to 3. Congressional aides say it has the backing to pass the Senate, and could be signed into law by either the Trump administration or the incoming Biden administration.
But the legislation, called the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, has become the target of multinational companies including Apple whose supply chains touch the far western Xinjiang region, as well as of business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Lobbyists have fought to water down some of its provisions, arguing that while they strongly condemn forced labor and current atrocities in Xinjiang, the act’s ambitious requirements could wreak havoc on supply chains that are deeply embedded in China.
Xinjiang produces vast amounts of raw materials like cotton, coal, sugar, tomatoes and polysilicon, and supplies workers for China’s apparel and footwear factories. Human rights groups and news reports have linked many multinational companies to suppliers there, including tying Coca-Cola to sugar sourced from Xinjiang, and documenting Uighur workers in a factory in Qingdao that makes Nike shoes.
In a report issued in March, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, listed Nike and Coca-Cola as companies suspected of ties to forced labor in Xinjiang, alongside Adidas, Calvin Klein, Campbell Soup Company, Costco, H&M, Patagonia, Tommy Hilfiger and others.
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There are 195 other countries in the world to get your raw materials from.
Chinese slavemasters.
Mmm. Mmm good! Mmm Mmm good! Thats what CCP soups are! Mmmm Mmmm good!
I wonder what Mr.Colin Whinybutt thinks of Nike and their slave labor?
The slaves Nike uses to save money...so they can pay Mr Whinybutt millions.
All of this so he can complain about slavery nearly 200 years ago, whilst profitting from slavery today.
hahahahahaha!
The sugar that Coke gets from far western China is likely bottled for consumption in other parts of China. Trust me that Coca-Cola distributed in the U.S. is bottled in the U.S.
That would make these mean New Xi Times stories go away...
Irony can be pretty....ironic sometimes. LOL
Btt
Nike caring about human rights abuse is a laugh. Shame on anyone who wears, purchases, or gifts a Nike item.
Oh, goodness. Now lead poisoning from Campbell’s Soups. Seems right.
I don’t buy anything from those manufactures anyways, so boycotting them will not change a thing.
Abercrombie & Fitch, Acer, Adidas, Alstom, Amazon, Apple, ASUS, BAIC Motor, BMW, Bombardier, Bosch, BYD, Calvin Klein, Candy, Carter’s, Cerruti 1881, Changan Automobile, Cisco, CRRC, Dell, Electrolux, Fila, Founder Group, GAC Group (automobiles), Gap, Geely Auto, General Motors, Google, Goertek, H&M, Haier, Hart Schaffner Marx, Hisense, Hitachi, HP, HTC, Huawei, iFlyTek, Jack & Jones, Jaguar, Japan Display Inc., L.L.Bean, Lacoste, Land Rover, Lenovo, LG, Li-Ning, Mayor, Meizu, Mercedes-Benz, MG, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Mitsumi, Nike, Nintendo, Nokia, The North Face, Oculus, Oppo, Panasonic, Polo Ralph Lauren, Puma, Roewe, SAIC Motor, Samsung, SGMW, Sharp, Siemens, Skechers, Sony, TDK, Tommy Hilfiger, Toshiba, Tsinghua Tongfang, Uniqlo, Victoria’s Secret, Vivo, Volkswagen, Xiaomi, Zara, Zegna, ZTE. Some brands are linked with multiple factories.
You mean Engelbert Kaepernick?
Flipping bastards. Corporations and communists are bedfellows, seems like. Both have no regard for human lives. We are all lumps of clay or logs for their fires.
Nike has long been on my do not buy list. Coke on the other will be a new and easy addition. I rarely drink soft drinks.
No sewer too low for them, eh.
Which is why they LOVE democrats.
Doubtful that it is cane sugar, more likely corn syrup.
Hopefully it will drive Nike out of business. Awful, evil scumbags.
**I rarely drink soft drinks.**
Thats good. You are healthier drinking real fruit drinks if you want a flavorful drink. One of my favorites is apple cider. My wife used to love a coke a few times a week. She kicked the pop habit about 4 yrs ago and doesn’t miss it.
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