CHINA has accused the parent company of Calvin Klein of boycotting cotton from its western Xinjiang region, threatening to put the firm on its blacklist, reports London's Financial Times.
Beijing's threat to include PVH, a clothing maker whose brands include Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, on its 'unreliables list' is likely to alarm international companies at a moment when china is struggling to attract foreign investors.
The Chinese commerce ministry said that PVH had 30 days to explain to authorities whether it had discriminated against Xinjiang-related products over the past three years.
In a separate notice, the ministry accused the group 'of violating normal market trading principles and unreasonably boycotting Xinjiang cotton and other products without factual basis.'
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Beijing's threat to include PVH, a clothing maker whose brands include Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, on its 'unreliables list' is likely to alarm international companies at a moment when china is struggling to attract foreign investors.
The Chinese commerce ministry said that PVH had 30 days to explain to authorities whether it had discriminated against Xinjiang-related products over the past three years.
In a separate notice, the ministry accused the group 'of violating normal market trading principles and unreasonably boycotting Xinjiang cotton and other products without factual basis.'
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