EU import ban: ‘Human rights are not for sale’ says von der Leyen

On September 15, 2021, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her annual State of the European Union speech announced that the European Commission will propose a ban on products made with forced labour, stating that “There are 25 million people out there, who are threatened or coerced into forced labour. We can never accept that they are forced to make product and that these products then end up for sale in shops here in Europe”.

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