worldUpdated: Sep 15, 2020 10:14 ISTThe Trump administration on Monday shelved plans for a broad import ban on cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region while announcing narrower bans on products from five specific entities. He told reporters on a conference call that the administration was conducting more legal analysis of the region-wide import bans. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials told Reuters last week that they had prepared the broader bans on cotton, cotton textiles and tomatoes, among China’s biggest commodity exports, along with the orders announced on Monday. But Cuccinelli said it was legal concerns, not trade, that prompted the need for more study of the region-wide import bans. Shippers can send the products to other countries or seek to prove that they are not produced with forced labor.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2020 04:42 UTC