Question 37156 — foreign trade

Summary

Mr. Mustapha Laabid alerts the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign trade and attractiveness, about the policy pursued by China towards the Uyghur minority. On January 12 and 13, 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada announced plans to ban the importation of goods containing cotton fiber or tomatoes, including canned goods and sauces, grown under the form of forced labor by the Uyghur minority in the Xianjiang region (revealed by the study by German anthropologist Adrian Zenz, published in December 2020). On December 23, 2021, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs mentioned France's intention not to sign the agreement between the European Union and China on investments as long as the latter does not commit to ratifying the Organization's convention. international labor law prohibiting forced labor. However, on December 30, 2020, France finally signed this agreement, contenting itself with a promise from China to make “continuous and sustained efforts towards ratification [of this convention]”. By virtue of the deep attachment to the values ​​of human rights that France carries throughout the world, it must go further in its condemnation of the situation of the Uighurs and can help deter China more effectively, for example by joining the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in their refusal to import Chinese products emanating from this forced labor. He asks her her intentions on this subject.

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