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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

US holds Chinese goods, cites possible North Korean labor

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The U.S. customs agency says it is holding imported goods from Chinese sports brand Li Ning after an investigation indicated they were made by North Korean labor.

U.S. law prohibits imports of goods made in North Korea or by North Korean citizens without proof they weren’t made by forced labor, according to a notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington.

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