Child labour on Obama agenda
- Published: 14 Nov 2012 at 17.16
- Online news: News
Somsak Paneetatyasa, president of the Thai Shrimp Association, Wednesday welcomed the initiative of the government to bring up the use of child labour in the shrimp industry at talks on Sunday between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and US President Barack Obama.
It would be an opportunity for the Thai side to clarify the practice of local shrimp industry to the US leader, he said.
Washington is considering whether to downgrade Thailand, the top exporter of shrimp to the US market, to Tier 3 from Tier 2 Watch List for Human Trafficking after a documentary reported the use of child migrants in the shrimp processing industry.
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