EU Lawmakers Block Textile Deal With Uzbekistan Over Child Labor Concerns - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - International Initiative to End Child Labor

EU Lawmakers Block Textile Deal With Uzbekistan Over Child Labor Concerns – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Posted October 4, 2011

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EU Lawmakers Block Textile Deal With Uzbekistan Over Child Labor Concerns
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BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers have rejected a trade deal that would have made it easier for Uzbekistan to export textiles to Europe, citing objections to that country’s continued use of forced child labor in its cotton harvests …

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