Abstract: As an overseas entity,the Swiss Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) contains many subjective factors in its certification procedures and standards for good cotton,and the composition of the so-called "investigation working group" is sufficient to prove that its conclusion on "Xinjiang cotton" has obvious political interference.BCI's boycott of "Xinjiang cotton" has constituted a discriminatory restriction measure,which aims to supplement US sanctions against China,and so it essentially is a special form of "trade war" against China.BCI is an international non-governmental organization and does not have the qualification of the subject of international law,so it dissociates from the control of the rules of international law.However,its boycott has constituted a violation of articles 4 and 15 of the Law against Foreign Sanctions,which is applicable to foreign acts regulated by the law.Based on this,the relevant departments may include BCI in the counter-list and the list of unreliable entities in accordance with the law and relevant laws,and take corresponding legal sanctions.The damaged enterprises or individuals in China can also bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the law,requesting to stop the infringement and compensate for the losses.

Key words: trade war, anti-sanctions, Law against Foreign Sanctions, Xinjiang Cotton incident, international non-governmental organizations