Identifier
Created
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09BEIJING2618
2009-09-13 23:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists
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UNCLAS BEIJING 002618
DEPT OF LABOR FOR ILAB
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
SUBJECT: China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists
REF: 09 STATE 92560
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UNCLAS BEIJING 002618
DEPT OF LABOR FOR ILAB
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
SUBJECT: China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists
REF: 09 STATE 92560
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DISTRIBUTION.
1. (U) Embassy Beijing Labor Officer delivered reftel demarche
points and advanced copies of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and Executive Order 13126 (Prohibition
of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child
Labor) lists to China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social
Security (MOHRSS) on September 9 and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) September 10.
2. (SBU) MOHRSS provided the following response:
Quote. We request USDOL to delete China from the US Department of
Labor's List of Goods Produced with Child Labor or Forced Labor. We
are concerned, because the List is developed in a way that certainly
does not reflect the true situation in the China, and publicizing
such list is not conducive to the friendly relationship between our
two departments. We are ready to make joint efforts to further
develop the ties between the MOHRSS and USDOL. End Quote.
3. (SBU) Post has not received a response from the MFA.
Huntsman
DEPT OF LABOR FOR ILAB
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
SUBJECT: China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists
REF: 09 STATE 92560
THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET
DISTRIBUTION.
1. (U) Embassy Beijing Labor Officer delivered reftel demarche
points and advanced copies of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and Executive Order 13126 (Prohibition
of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child
Labor) lists to China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social
Security (MOHRSS) on September 9 and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) September 10.
2. (SBU) MOHRSS provided the following response:
Quote. We request USDOL to delete China from the US Department of
Labor's List of Goods Produced with Child Labor or Forced Labor. We
are concerned, because the List is developed in a way that certainly
does not reflect the true situation in the China, and publicizing
such list is not conducive to the friendly relationship between our
two departments. We are ready to make joint efforts to further
develop the ties between the MOHRSS and USDOL. End Quote.
3. (SBU) Post has not received a response from the MFA.
Huntsman