your firms have supplied machinery that was almost certainly being operated by slave labor in shin jank i asked you whether you like the optics of that particular scenario according to customs data obtained by the south china morning post sales of german parts for textile machinery engine john have gone up 30 times over the past 3 years 30 times while the reports of appalling human rights abuses multiplied in that region week after week do you or do you not find that unacceptable. i find it hard to accept. not being able to do my own research on whether the specific thing that is. created or suggested there is is valid but it is a major issue of concern as you as you raise it and as as i mentioned i think we are in acting legal requirements and obligations on companies to safeguard. respect for human rights and minimum labor standards across the world 'd in their global supply chains that is something that we are just in acting that is i think not a question bilaterally applying to china but on a much more closely scale and. that is what what we need to do it is it is a piecemeal proces

out the german firms are supplying the technical backbone for the huge textile industry also engine jank where hundreds of thousands of forced to work in the cotton fields do you like the optics of that particular scenario. i think we have we have just in acted alone or in the german parliament which requires. significant compliance of german companies also in the supply chain so throughout the world in securing human rights and labor standards and environmental standards not necessarily to the delight of everyone in business i think we have come to a conclusion in a law that will be much more effective and that i'm pretty convinced that we will achieve many objectives in this regard not by government to government relations but ensuring that global companies in their supply chains are taken hold in responsible also by their customers for securing that minimum standards for labor and environmental safety. safeguarded across the world in their global supply chain is mr nick your firms have supplied machinery that was almost certainly being operated by slave labor in shin yang i asked you

your firms have supplied machinery that was almost certainly being operated by slave labor in shin jank i asked you whether you like the optics of that particular scenario according to customs data obtained by the south china morning post sales of german parts for textile machinery engine jank have gone up 30 times over the past 3 years 30 times while the reports of appalling human rights abuses multiplied in that region week after week do you or do you not find that unacceptable. i find it hard to accept. not being able to do my own research on whether the specific thing that is. created or suggested there is is valid but it is a major issue of concern as you as you raise it as as i mentioned i think we are in acting legal requirements and obligations on companies to safeguard. respect for human rights and minimum labor standards across the world in their global supply chains that is something that we are just in acting that is i think not a question bilaterally applying to china but on a much more closely scale. and. that is what what we need to do it is it is a piecemeal process it i

reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies engine jank but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face and i think we will in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting in new law with regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single exports decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you could do something about outside you could do something about it if

reasons well one country which is supplying more than anybody else to the textile industry in cian jank where slave labor is being employed deserves to be singled out doesn't it and that's your country and what you don't particularly find this is a proud moment to be confronted with this news that you are supplying these companies inching janke but your party seems to have its head in the sand where this is concerned doesn't where this whole issue is concerned well as well as the west the red line here you appear to have crossed it don't you by supplying this machinery to these firms inching jan yes or no face simple i think we are in germany we are not. state run economy we are. a market economy we we apply a certain minimum standards i have just mentioned that we are in acting a new law was regards to global supply chains of german manufacturer us. so that is something that we are doing i think not every single export decision by a german company i think can immediately be attributed to. the german government when you can do something about outside you could do something about it if y

your firms have supplied machinery that was almost certainly being operated by slave labor in shin jank i asked you whether you like the optics of that particular scenario according to custom state or turn by the south china morning post sales of german parts for textile machinery engine john have gone up 30 times over the past 3 years 30 times while the reports of appalling human rights abuses multiplied in that region week after week do you or do you not find that unacceptable. i find it hard to accept. not being able to do my own research on whether the specific thing that is. created or suggested there is is valid but it is a major issue of concern as you as you raise it as as i mentioned as if we are in acting legal requirements and obligations on companies to safeguard. respect for human rights and minimum labor standards across the world in their global supply chains that is something that we are just in acting that is i think not a question bilaterally applying to china but on a much more closely scale and. that is what what we need to do it is it is a piecemeal process it is di

your firms have supplied machinery that was almost certainly being operated by slave labor in shin jank i asked you whether you like the optics of that particular scenario according to customs data obtained by the south china morning post sales of german parts for textile machinery engine john have gone up 30 times over the past 3 years 30 times while the reports of appalling human rights abuses multiplied in that region week after week do you or do you not find that unacceptable. i find it hard to accept. not being able to do my own research on whether the specific thing that is. created or suggested there is is valid but it is a major issue of concern as you as you raise it as as i mentioned as if we are in acting legal requirements and obligations on companies to safeguard. respect for human rights and minimum labor standards across the world in their global supply chains that is something that we are just in acting that is i think not a question bilaterally applying to china but on a much more closely scale and. that is what what we need to do it is it is a piecemeal process it is d

be a short sharp at a point this time but it could last longer in the future of a situation engine jank is at the center for diplomatic spat between china and britain britain is being targeted by china as it hits back at sanctions imposed on chinese officials by western governments andrew symonds explains. lies of the century is the way the chinese embassy in london described the u.k.'s stand only human rights of we goes in june jang the foreign ministry in beijing went further saying actions imposed on china by the u.k. and other western towns had been outrageous. then the interest hack who now thanks ins on chinese individuals and entities citing so-called human rights issues in changing a based on lies and disinformation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations and interferes in china's affairs and undermines bilateral relations among the 9 individuals sanctioned by china is ian duncan smith former leader of britain's conservative party he said the chinese action gave him a badge of honor for speaking out in the tweets u.k. prime minister boris

janke lehigh live for us tonight in boulder. appreciate that live report and we'll be checking back in with you tomorrow. for sure. thank you, larry chain. well, nearly a week after a series of deadly shootings took place in atlanta. >> demonstrators nationwide took the streets over the weekend to denounce hate towards asian americans. people gathered in the city of new york, washington, dc lanta and in cities across the bay area, including here in san francisco and this morning elected officials, including members of the asian-american community denounced the recent violence. >> so many our community are fearful. we're angry. and we need to take action. thoughts and prayers are not enough. this to be an inflection point. >> and the only way we stamp out hate as a community if the come together and not the other asian american community. but i think he community american community community as the women's community all our communities coming together. i think that this type of behavior but that the hate that put violent these ty

a few empty china forces rather than face up to the basic facts of development and progress engine jank this can only prove that they don't care about the truth but a keen on political manipulation. megan markel says a member of the british royal family was concerned about how dark a son skin color would be the duke and duchess of sussex were interviewed by oprah winfrey for a 2 hour television special interview comes after harry and megan decided to step back a senior members of the british royal family last year in those months when i was pregnant all around the same time so we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security it's not going to be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born or several conversations a conversation with you with harry about how dark your baby is going to be. potentially and what that would mean or look like. and you're not going to tell me to have a conversation i think that would be very damaging to them like that if you were to grow that that would be a problem are you saying. i wasn't