S.

Banned cotton from one of China's largest cotton producers.

On Wednesday, a band will be slapped on both cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang production and construction corpse.

The X P C.

C is a quasi military organization that the U.

S says uses forced labor of detained wigger Muslims.

The move is in line with the Trump administration's hardening approach to China and increased pressure on China's western region of Xinjiang.

Just weeks before President elect Joe Biden is due to take office, It's expected to lock Biden into a position making it harder for him to ease US China tensions.

Homeland Security Secretary Kenneth Cuccinelli said the made in China stab should serve as a warning label, adding that quote the cheap cotton goods you may be buying for family and friends during the season of giving if coming from China may have been made by slave labor in some of the most egregious human rights violations existing today.

The U.

N estimates that there are about one million Muslims being held in cats in Xinjiang, but China says the camps of vocational training centers needed to fight extremism.

Major brands including Gap, Patagonia and Zara, who have spoken to Reuters, say they did not source from factories in Xinjiang, but couldn't confirm that their supply chains were free off cotton picked from the northwestern province.

The U.

S border agency also said a region why Xinjiang Cotton Import Band was still being studied.

U.

S apparel and textile makers have criticized a broader band, saying it's impossible to enforce.

But on Wednesday, clothing and retail groups welcomed the X PCC specific ban.

The business and paramilitary entity accounted for 30% off all off the cotton produced in China in 2015.