中国商务部周四宣布，将调查时装品牌PVH集团是否存在违规行为，并涉嫌对中国新疆地区商品进行无端抵制。这起事件引发了对中共统治下的穆斯林族群人权问题的争议。
北京方面通过发布在网上的声明表示，PVH存在违反市场交易基本原则的问题，没有事实依据地抵制新疆棉和其他产品，这一行为严重损害了相关中国企业的合法权益，并威胁到了中国的主权、安全和发展利益。
PVH在其官网发表的声明中强调，在其开展业务的所有地区都遵守当地法律和法规，“包括与美国政府针对新疆地区的政策相符”。
商务部还表示，调查将根据“不可靠实体名单”规则进行。这是中国政府用来反制针对北京采取措施的方式之一。
此外，根据周二宣布的通知要求，PVH集团需在30天内提供过去三年内的信息，以解释其是否对与新疆有关的产品采取过歧视性措施。
新闻来源：www.abcnews.go.com
原文地址：China says it will investigate fashion firm PVH for suspected boycott of Xinjiang products
新闻日期：2024-09-24
原文摘要：
China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday that it will investigate the fashion company PVH, which owns brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, for suspected violations of trade rules. The ministry said Thursday in statements posted online that it would investigate the company’s suspected boycott of products from the far western Xinjiang region, where China’s ruling Communist Party is accused of holding members of mostly Muslim ethnic groups in detention camps. Washington has blocked some imports from Xinjiang, while Beijing has protested against such moves. China denies any abuses and says steps it has taken are necessary to combat terrorism and a separatist movement. Companies that buy clothing, cotton, tomatoes and other goods from Xinjiang face pressure from western consumers over alleged human rights violations in the region, while Beijing has whipped up Chinese anger at brands that express concern about possible forced labor. “The U.S. PVH Group is suspected of violating normal market trading principles and unreasonably boycotting Xinjiang cotton and other products without factual basis, seriously damaging the legitimate rights and interests of relevant Chinese companies and endangering China’s sovereignty, security and development interests,” the Commerce Ministry said. PVH says in a statement on its website that it complies with laws and regulations wherever it does business, “including with respect to U.S. government policy regarding the Xinjiang” region. The Commerce Ministry said the investigation would be under the rules of China's “Unreliable Entities List,” which is used as a counter-sanction against measures taken against Beijing. PVH was expected, within 30 days of Tuesday's announcement, to provide information to China to explain if it had taken discriminatory measures against Xinjiang-related products in the past three years, it said.
