The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 14, 2021 U.S. Bans Cotton and Tomatoes from Xinjiang Citing Forced Uyghur Labor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The U.S. has expanded its ban on cotton products from the Chinese province of Xinjiang, now banning all cotton from the region and adding tomatoes to the list, over fears of companies using the slave labor of imprisoned Uyghur Muslims. .