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UZBEKISTAN: Downgraded by US over forced labour
2013-06-21 13:32:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US government has downgraded Uzbekistan in its Global Trafficking in Persons (GITP) report to tier III, the worst ranking available, for its use of forced and child labour to pick the country's cotton crop.
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