Philippines says US will address concerns over garment exports held up on suspicion of forced labour

MANILA, Philippines (AP): The US commerce secretary has committed to address concerns by the Philippines after American authorities held up shipments of garments on suspicion that cotton was produced by forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, Philippine officials said Tuesday.

Philippine Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual raised the issue in a meeting Monday with US. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who was leading a US business delegation in Manila to further expand trade and investment in America’s oldest treaty ally in Asia.