{"id":557436,"date":"2021-06-08T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557436"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:06:32","slug":"exclusive-rep-ken-buck-demands-clarification-from-apple-ceo-over-alleged-forced-labor-ties-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-ken-buck-demands-clarification-from-apple-ceo-over-alleged-forced-labor-ties-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ken Buck Demands Clarification From Apple CEO Over Alleged Forced Labor Ties In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-ken-buck-demands-clarification-from-apple-ceo-over-alleged-forced-labor-ties-in-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Photo-by-Greg-Nash-PoolGetty-Images-23312-e1623184888176.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook detailing the company\u2019s human rights record and incidents over the last year and calling for clarification on allegations linking Apple to forced labor in China.<\/p>\n<p>Buck asked Cook in the letter first obtained by the Daily Caller about his July 29, 2020 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee where he stated that \u201cforced labor is abhorrent, and we would not tolerate it at Apple.\u201d Buck said Apple\u2019s 2021 Annual Progress Report claims they found no evidence of involuntary labor on any Apple production lines.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Buck asked Cook if Apple investigated business relationships that are not directly in Apple\u2019s production lines for possible links to forced labor or other severe human rights violations. Buck also asked Cook if Apple discovered any connections to these violations based on its investigations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- 06.08.2021 Letter to Tim Cook Re Forced Labor on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/511067635\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-06-08-2021-Letter-to-Tim-Cook-Re-Forced-Labor#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A May\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/seven-apple-suppliers-accused-of-using-forced-labor-from-xinjiang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from The Information detailed Apple\u2019s relationship with seven Chinese suppliers that allegedly use forced labor programs associated with the Uyghur genocide. These allegations, if true, would conflict with Cook\u2019s July 2020 congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iavz308SPz8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testimony<\/a> that Apple does not use forced labor and would \u201cterminate a supplier relationship if it were found.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/ken-buck-apple-uyghur-xinjiang-forced-labor-genocide-lobbying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Buck Demands Answers On Apple\u2019s Relationship With Companies Accused Of Using Forced Labor)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company is currently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/24\/apple-retail-groups-lobbying-chinese-slave-uyghur-labor-bill\/?pnespid=gOs9r.oEVhKNMFkP3KOVB6aByB3cWKImiX59psuj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lobbying<\/a> Congress on a bill that would prevent American companies from using forced labor in the Xinjiang region. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/exclusive-rep-banks-apple-support-for-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Banks Slams Apple\u2019s \u2018Support For Slavery\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are concerning discrepancies between Apple\u2019s Annual Progress Report and reports issued by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the Tech Transparency Project on human rights incidents in the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has worked with two companies that have participated in a forced labor program involving Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. One of those companies is currently sanctioned by the U.S. for its involvement in the Chinese government\u2019s genocide in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>Apple terminated its partnership with one of the companies but continues to work with the other. That is unacceptable. And Apple\u2019s report makes no mention of the two companies\u2019 disturbing connection to human rights abuses. That is alarming. Apple needs to give us some answers,\u201d Buck told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Buck, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, is a frequent critic of tech companies. He recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repkenbuck\/status\/1389958836195364873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a>\u00a0for the federal government to break up Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Colorado Rep. 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