Mehmet Tohti, Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Sarah Teich and Charles Burton/The Globe and Mail: …much will turn on the specifics in the forthcoming regulations and independent product testing regime.
It will also turn on political will to list high-risk industries and regions, including in China, with full disclosure required. The list should include clothing made in cities such as Guangzhou with cotton from the Uyghur region, and EVs made in Shanghai with aluminum processed by Uyghur slaves. And there should be a process by which civil society can submit information to ground listings…