02-25-2016, 10:10 PM
Quote:FILE - President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks as he and first lady Michelle Obama host the “In Performance at the White House” series in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Obama signed a bill Wednesday that includes a provision banning 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.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle...story.html
Quote:Until now, U.S. customs law banning imports of items produced by forced or child labor had gone largely unenforced because of two words: “consumptive demand” — if there was not sufficient supply to meet domestic demand, imports were allowed regardless of how they were produced.
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“It’s embarrassing that for 85 years, the United States let products made with forced labor into this country, and closing this loophole gives the U.S. an important tool to fight global slavery,” he said.
About pissing time!
About time US Capitalism isn't condoning slavery on a neighbor's estate (and supporting it).