and, in fact, this law is likely not disconnected from the growing power of private prisons in the united states. the comments are focusing a lot on nike. but, this is old information: nike has reshored over the last decade, and now mostly produces it's shoes through domestic prison labour, rather than foreign child labour. a ban like this essentially acts as a tariff, giving the prison slave labour industry a competitive advantage.
listen, i didn't build this. i don't even live there. i'm just saying.