A bill headed for President 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.
Congress Bans Import Of Forced Labor Products
MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune Nation
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 11:29pm
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