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minus-square@filoria@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilink49•1 year agoThe funniest part about this ban is that it puts intense scrutiny on US supply chains, which are heavily reliant on prison labour.
minus-squareInfamousblt [any]linkfedilinkEnglish33•1 year agoI was gonna say, are they targeting the US then, which has one of the world’s largest slave labor populations? Somehow I doubt they’ll actually take action against the US for all the slave labor that happens there.
minus-square@knfrmity@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilink15•1 year agoThere will just be an exemption for supply chains with US elements.
minus-square@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 year agoWeird how a ban on forced labor would affect a system relying on forced labor!
The funniest part about this ban is that it puts intense scrutiny on US supply chains, which are heavily reliant on prison labour.
I was gonna say, are they targeting the US then, which has one of the world’s largest slave labor populations? Somehow I doubt they’ll actually take action against the US for all the slave labor that happens there.
There will just be an exemption for supply chains with US elements.
Weird how a ban on forced labor would affect a system relying on forced labor!