中国政府已启动对美国服装制造商PVH集团的调查，质疑其涉嫌针对新疆地区的棉花产品采取歧视性措施。商务部声明指出，要求PVH在30天内书面回应过去三年间是否实施了此类“歧视行动”。如果确认违反行为存在，PVH可能会被列入“不可靠实体清单”，这一举措可能阻止该公司与中国进行贸易活动、施加罚款或撤销其员工的工作许可。
2020年的法规提到该清单的执行细节。此外，商务部还指称PVH无端抵制新疆棉花及其产品，并指责其损害了中国企业的合法权益与国家主权、安全和发展利益。对此回应，PVH表示已与商务部联系，并将遵照相关规章做出答复。公司声明明确指出在全球运营中严格遵守各国法律，并拒绝进一步评论。
PVH在其2022年供应链报告中说明未直接或间接从新疆采购棉花。近年来，美国和欧洲企业面临压力需调整与中国新疆地区生产服装及其他产品相关的工厂关系，尤其是当劳动群体揭露当地存在强制劳改营及恶劣工作环境的报道时。
中国方面对这些指控提出异议，并强调其不存在事实依据。然而，2021年，美国国会通过《维吾尔族强迫劳动预防法》，禁止部分或完全产自新疆地区的进口商品进入市场，除非企业能证明产品与强制劳役无关。
8月份，美国政府扩大了其“新疆关联实体”名单至73家，其中心议题仍是关于中国服装行业的潜在强制劳动问题。迄今为止，中国政府已对五家美国公司采取公开制裁措施，其中包括向台湾出售军备的Lockheed Martin和Raytheon Technologies等企业，这些举措更多地体现为象征意义，因为相关公司并未在中国开展业务。
与之相对的是，PVH是拥有全球第二大经济体零售市场存在广泛品牌布局的重要企业。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：China Investigates PVH Over Suspected Xinjiang Boycott
新闻日期：2024-09-24
原文摘要：
China said it will investigate US apparel maker for suspected boycotting of cotton sourced from its Xinjiang region, a probe that could lead to punishment for the parent company of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.The Ministry of Commerce asked PVH to submit a written response in 30 days on whether it has adopted “discriminative measures” against Xinjiang-related products in the last three years, according to a statement posted on the ministry’s website on Tuesday.If found at fault, PVH could be added to an “unreliable entity list” that prevents offending foreign companies from trading with China, subjects them to fines or revokes their staff’s work permit, according to a 2020 .In a separate statement, the ministry said the company is suspected of “boycotting Xinjiang cotton and other products for no reason,” accusing it of damaging Chinese companies’ rights and interests as well as China’s sovereignty, security and development interests.PVH said in an email that it is in contact with China’s Ministry of Commerce and “will respond in accordance with the relevant regulations.” The company said it strictly complies with laws in all countries where it operates and declined to comment further. A 2022 supply chain report from PVH said that it didn’t source from Xinjiang either directly or indirectly. US and European companies have been under pressure to pull away from factories that make clothes and other products in China’s Xinjiang region, where labor groups have documented alleged forced labor camps and other poor working conditions. China disputes these claims. The US enacted the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in 2021, which bars imported goods partly or wholly made in Xinjiang unless companies can prove the products have no ties to forced labor. In August, the US the list of Xinjiang-linked entities to 73 as worries over forced labor in China hang over the apparel industry.China has so far publicly sanctioned five American companies using the entity list including Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies over their arms sales to Taiwan, but such moves are largely symbolic as these firms don’t do business in the country. PVH, on the other hand, owns brands that have a large retail presence in the world’s second-largest economy.
