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2008 In Focus Archive: August 27, 2008

The Labor Department today released its seventh annual report on the worst forms of child labor in 141 countries and territories that receive U.S. trade benefits. The report was prepared in accordance with the Trade and Development Act of 2000, which requires the President to submit an annual report to the Congress on the efforts of our trade beneficiary countries to fulfill their international commitments to eliminate exploitive child labor.