Seafood Groups Weigh in On USTR’s Forced Labor Strategy
In July, a Federal Register Notice was published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) inviting comments from the public regarding the USTR’s efforts to coordinate the federal government’s development of a focused trade strategy to combat forced labor in foreign supply chains. Comments were due on Friday, August 5th and the USTR heard from a number of […]
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Know Your Supplier (Continued): Eliminating Child and Forced Labor from the Shrimp Supply Chain Update II
On Tuesday, CNN’s Freedom Project posted an article and interview with anti-trafficking expert Siddharth Kara on the abuse of bonded labor in the Bangladeshi shrimp industry. To do full justice to the piece, please watch the video and read the article in full at the link below. Mr. Kara’s investigation found labor abuse at every stage of shrimp production in […]