Thursday, 25 February 2016

Loophole Allowing US Imports of Slave-produced Goods Closed (VOA)

FILE - Former Burmese slave fishermen Kaung Htet Wai, left, and Lin Lin sit in a small, wooden shack in Yangon, Myanmar. For the past .84 years, an exemption in U.S. law allowed the import of goods produced by slaves and others forced into labor

For the past 84 years, an exemption in U.S. law allowed the import of goods produced by slaves and others forced into labor, including children, as long as demand exceeded supply. In two weeks, that will be illegal.

http://www.voanews.com/content/demand-no-longer-justifies-import-of-slave-labor-goods/3207308.html
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