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Reuters
Reuters
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By Foo Yun Chee

Exclusive-EU aims to ban products, imports made with forced labour - document

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Products made with forced labour or those imported into the 27-country European Union will be banned under draft rules, according to an EU document seen by Reuters, a move driven by EU lawmakers concerned about human rights in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.

However, the European Commission's draft rules are less far-reaching than what EU lawmakers have proposed due in part to legal constraints.

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