EU doesn't single out China in planned ban on forced labour goods

The European Union wants to ban products made with forced labour in a broad proposal meant to address China’s alleged abuse of Uyghur labour, although the bloc would stop short of singling out goods from the region of Xinjiang.
 

The proposed Forced Labour Products Ban, from the European Commission, covers goods imported from third countries as well as those made within the EU. The bloc’s executive cited statistics from the United Nations’ International Labour Organization that an estimated 27.6 million people work in forced labour.

“Our aim is to eliminate all products made with forced labour from the EU market, irrespective