Investigation suggests US brands skirting forced-labor laws to use goods produced in China

Oct 29, 2025 - 11:30
Investigation suggests US brands skirting forced-labor laws to use goods produced in China

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, with support from the Fund, documented how Vans, The North Face and Timberland continued sourcing materials from a Fulgent Sun Group factory in Vietnam while Fulgent Sun’s China subsidiary was tied to Xinjiang labor transfers. Using geotagged social videos, state-media records and trade data, TBIJ showed Uyghur and other minorities […]

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