北京时间昨日，商务部发布声明指称美国时尚零售巨头 PVH Corp（旗下拥有Calvin Klein 和 Tommy Hilfiger品牌）涉嫌违反正常市场交易原则，理由是该企业抵制来自中国新疆地区的棉花采购。此举可能导致针对这家与华有重大业务利益的美国公司的制裁措施。
这一消息发布正值拜登政府提议可能禁止在美销售或进口使用特定中、俄技术的智能汽车，以防国家安全风险之际。商务部表示，根据《不可靠实体清单规定》，PVH 可能会被纳入中国“不可靠实体”名单。该清单禁止被列入其中的企业在中国开展业务。截至2019年首度公布该名单以来，已有五家美国企业被列入，但因主要为国防制造业公司，它们在华业务有限。
PVH 在周三向CNN发布的声明中回应称：“我们遵守所有经营所在国家和地区的相关法律法规，并将继续与商务部保持沟通，按相关规定作出响应。”
据零售商供应链准则，PVH 禁止直接或间接从新疆地区采购棉花。美国政府于去年6月开始全面禁止该地区的商品出口，此前总统乔·拜登于前一年签署了强制劳动法。
美国国务院2018年发布《国际宗教自由报告》显示，在2017年后，有超过两百万维吾尔族和穆斯林主导民族的成员被拘留在新疆特别建设或改造的拘留设施中，并遭受着包括被迫失踪、酷刑、身体虐待以及无审判羁押在内的人权侵害。
中国官方则将这些设施描述为“职业培训中心”，并声称在2019年这类中心已关闭。各级官员持续否认新疆存在任何人权侵犯行为。
若被禁止与华交易，这将对PVH造成重大打击，尤其是考虑到这家跨国时尚企业依赖大量在中国的生产活动。Calvin Klein 在中国几乎每一个省份均有实体店铺布局。其年度回顾指出，“中国市场是重要的增长引擎，当地货币汇率下全年增长超过20%。”它进一步表示，“我们继续聚焦增强品牌认知度，尤其是在对中国市场渗透较低的Calvin Klein 和 Tommy Hilfiger品牌。”
此前，西方时尚品牌在中国面临过类似新疆棉花问题的压力。2021年3月，瑞典跨国公司H&M在华销售渠道遭到清退，并被多个主要导航、评论和评级应用封锁。但大约一年后其产品在线上恢复销售。
新闻来源：www.cnn.com
原文地址：China threatens sanctions on Calvin Klein owner over Xinjiang cotton boycott
新闻日期：2024-09-25
原文摘要：
Beijing says it’s investigating fashion retailer PVH Corp, the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for refusing to source cotton from the Xinjiang region, in a move that could lead to sanctions on an American company with major business interests in China. Tuesday’s announcement from the Commerce Ministry came a day after the Biden administration proposed a possible ban on the sale or import of smart vehicles in the United States that use specific Chinese or Russian technology because of national security concerns. The ministry said in a statement that New York-based PVH (PVH) is suspected of “violating normal market transaction principles” by boycotting cotton sourced from China’s far western region of Xinjiang. It could be sanctioned by being placed on the country’s so-called “unreliable entities list,” which would bar the firm from doing business in China. There are currently five American companies on the list, first announced in 2019, none of which do much business in China because they are largely defense manufacturers. Their presence on the list means they’re banned from importing, exporting and investing in China. In a statement sent to CNN on Wednesday, PVH said it “maintains strict compliance with all relevant laws and regulations in all countries and regions in which we operate. We are in communication with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and will respond in accordance with the relevant regulations.” According to the retailer’s supply chain guidelines, it prohibits direct or indirect sourcing from Xinjiang. The US began banning all goods produced in the region in June 2022, following the enactment of a forced labor law signed by President Joe Biden the year before. According to a 2018 International Religious Freedom Report from the State Department, up to 2 million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim-majority ethnic groups have been detained since 2017 in “specially built or converted detention facilities in Xinjiang and subjected … to forced disappearance, torture, physical abuse, and prolonged detention without trial because of their religion and ethnicity.” China has described the facilities as “vocational training centers,” and claimed in 2019 such centers had been closed. Officials have consistently denied all allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Being banned by China would deal a big blow to PVH, which, like other global fashion firms, sources extensively in the country. Calvin Klein also has a physical presence in virtually every Chinese province. It said in its 2023 annual review that “China is an important growth engine, which grew over 20% in local currency for the year.” “We continue to focus on driving overall brand awareness, especially in China, where both Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger are underpenetrated,” it added. Western apparel brands have faced pressure in China over their position on Xinjiang cotton before. In March 2021, Swedish multinational H&M was pulled from major e-commerce stores in China and blocked by several major navigation, review and rating apps. But the backlash ended about a year later and its products were reinstated online.
