WASHINGTON - A new Labor Department report identifies more than 58 countries where child labor or forced labor is used to make hundreds of goods from coffee grown in Colombia to Christmas decorations made in China that often end up in the United States. The government wants American companies and consumers to know about the chance these products are made under conditions in which children and other workers are exploited and abused. "We want to engage with these countries and corporations that may have their hands in the wrong places here and try to correct this," said...
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