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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:15 PM Feb 2016

The US Congress is finally working to ban these common goods made by slaves and children

Source: Quartz

The US Congress is finally working to ban these common goods made by slaves and children

Written by

Marc Bain

1 hour ago

Shrimp from Thailand, pornography from the Philippines and coffee from Colombia could all soon face new bans on entering the US.

A wide-ranging bill passed by the US Congress yesterday (Feb. 11) includes a new provision that would finally prevent imports of goods made by child or forced labor, the Associated Press reports. According to the US Bureau of International Labor Affairs, a list of 350 common products from countries around the world are made with forced and child labor, at least in some instances.

Since 1930, a loophole in US law has allowed goods produced under such conditions to come into the US, if consumers couldn’t get them otherwise. The new bill, which among other things would ban taxing access to the internet, would close it.

“It’s an outrage this loophole persisted for so long,” Sen. Ron Wyden told the AP. “No product made by people held against their will, or by children, should ever be imported to the United States.”


Read more: http://qz.com/615991/the-us-congress-is-finally-working-to-ban-these-common-goods-made-by-slaves-and-children/

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napi21

(45,806 posts)
1. I can't believe the Pug congress actually passed something that looks good!
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:23 PM
Feb 2016

What else is hidden inside the bill that we WOULDN'T like?

valerief

(53,235 posts)
2. I know, really. There has to be something pretty evil at its core to be covered in so much sugary
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 03:29 PM
Feb 2016

glaze.

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