U.S. bans entry of Esquel Group's products over alleged Uyghur labor

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Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The United States on Thursday announced import bans on products produced by Hong Kong-based Esquel Group, one of the world's largest textile and apparel companies, as well as a handful of related firms, on allegations of using forced Uyghur labor. The company, along with Guangdong Esquel Textile, Turpan Esquel Textile and Changji Esquel Textile, were added to the Department of Homeland Security's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List over allegations of using cotton