Congress bans import of forced labor products
Story Date: 2/12/2016

 

Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 2/12/16

A bill headed for President Barack Obama this week includes a provision that would ban U.S. imports of fish caught by slaves in Southeast Asia, gold mined by children in Africa and garments sewn by abused women in Bangladesh, closing a loophole in an 85-year-old tariff law that has failed to keep products of forced and child labor out of America.

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