Lesson-101355-18

Strong governmental political will and motivation facilitated the elimination or near elimination of systemic forced labor in the cotton sector and laid the groundwork to address it in other sectors such as construction and agriculture sectors. The political will and motivation to address forced labor emanated largely from the pressure from countries that trade with Uzbekistan and import cotton products. Thus, there was a strong economic incentive for the government to ensure forced labor does not exist in the textile export value chain.