WASHINGTON, March 13 — A US congressional commission has called on the Biden administration to act against alleged forced labour involving North Korean workers in China’s...
The CECC chairs said the US government should immediately stop all imports from Chinese companies that employ North Korean labour. — AFP picWASHINGTON, March 13 — A US congressional commission has called on the Biden administration to act against alleged forced labour involving North Korean workers in China’s fishing industry, saying seafood sales to US consumers could be helping finance North Korea’s weapons programs.
The sanctions include prohibition of the use of North Korean labor in third countries, and as the Congressional Executive Commission on China letter states, US law prohibits imports of any goods made with North Korean labor.
They cited recent reporting by the non-governmental Outlaw Ocean Project saying North Koreans are forced to work and suffer abusive practices in Chinese plants processing seafood “that ends up on American plates.”• Immediately stop all imports from Chinese companies that employ North Korean labour• Insist on access for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to North Korean workers in China
• Require full supply chain disclosures, records of shipments, and forced labour prevention plans for all US seafood procurements and the issue of an advisory on the risks from purchasing seafood from China“Seafood sold in American grocery stores and wholesalers such as Costco and delivered to military bases, school food programs, and even congressional cafeterias makes both American consumers and the US government inadvertently complicit in supporting forced labour and funding Kim Jong Un’s...
A spokesperson for China’s embassy in Washington declined to comment, saying they were unaware of the issue. Costco did not respond to a request for comment. — Reuters
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