However it’s still unclear why PVH – which drew just 6% of its 2023 revenue from China sales – has been specifically targeted, since many companies have withdrawn their supply chains from Xinjiang, particularly after the introduction of the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which generally bans products from Xinjiang being imported into the US.
The announcement by China’s commerce department did not give specifics, only accusing the company of having “violated normal market trading principles, interrupted normal transactions with Chinese companies, adopted discriminatory measures against Chinese companies, and seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies”.
Minutes after Donald Trump’s tariffs on China came into force on Tuesday, China’s government announced its own retaliatory tariffs.
“These are major US companies but not the most critical to US interests in China,” Ilaria Carrozza, a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), told the Guardian.
On Tuesday it was added to China’s unreliable entities list, meaning it was likely to face fines, and restrictions on sales and investments in China.
