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[–] 0x815 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Good charm offensive, it's good when countries collaborate in mutual respect and mutual benefit (from that points of view it's also good that Italy left China's Belt and Road Initiative). The label 'Made in Italy' is unfortunately often misleading, though. Two actual examples:

Italy: lawyers file complaints of Uighur forced labour over tomato paste

Containers of tomato paste exported from Xinjiang to Italy are the subject of domestic criminal and international complaints filed by rights lawyers on behalf of Uyghur advocacy groups who allege that the goods were produced using Uyghur forced labor.

The shipment was among 82 containers of agricultural products from China’s state-owned Xinjiang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. shipped by rail and sea from Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to southern Italy in late April, according to the plaintiffs. The shipment also sparked outrage among Italian farmers who protested against the arrival of the cheaper processed tomato products from China in what they said were unfair imports.

Dior, Armani Under Investigation For "Made In Italy" Handbags Produced By Migrants


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[Italian] prosecutors allege that some of the luxury handbags made by the fashion houses' suppliers with the "Made in Italy" stamp are actually made in sweatshops within the European country, employing low-cost Chinese labor. They say many of the sweatshops fall extremely short of legal workshop codes.

As a result of the Italian investigation, judges in June placed Manufactures Dior SRL—a unit of Dior—under so-called court administration after ruling that its supply chain included Chinese-owned firms in Italy that mistreated migrant workers. The same measure was taken against Armani in April and Alviero Martini, known for its map-print bags and other items, in January.

[Edit typo.]