U.S. urges Canada to co-operate on blocking Chinese imports made with forced labour

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Open this photo in gallery: Uyghur workers at a garment factory in the Xinjiang region of China, on Aug. 3, 2019. Experts have estimated that roughly one in five cotton garments sold globally contains cotton or yarn from Xinjiang.GILLES SABRIE/The New York Times U.S. officials, including Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, are urging Canada to co-operate with Washington in blocking imports from China made with forced labour. Mr. Merkley, as well as officials with the United States departments of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, told a conference in Ottawa on Thursday that Washington has stopped more than 2,600 shipments...