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Hot Issue: Fair Trade

6/23/08
Retailers Try to Control Overseas Manufacturers

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For the past few years, retailers in the U.S. and Europe have reassured consumers about their overseas manufacturers' working conditions and have particularly emphasized steps taken to eliminate child labor. Following an investigation for a BBC television program, however, one of Britain's lowest priced fashion retailers, Primark, has dropped three of its Indian suppliers for sub-contracting embroidery work to companies using child labor. Do you think the retail industry is doing an adequate job looking after its outsourced workers?

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