EU to punish rights abuses in supply chains, with forced labour ban to follow https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3168094/eu-punish-rights-abuses-supply-chains-forced-labour-ban-follow
Bloc will require large companies to ensure their supply chains are free of human rights and environmental abuses, with fines for failing to comply
But the issue of forced labour, particularly complex for firms active in China, is not covered by the EU, which will address it with a separate ban
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See also
Commission sets out strategy to promote decent work worldwide and prepares instrument for ban on forced labour products https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1187