U.S. considers blocking cocoa imports over child labor claims

October 31, 2019

Member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency visited agricultural regions of the Ivory Coast last week as part of an investigation into whether farms are illegally using child labor. Ivory Coast is the largest supplier of cocoa in the world.

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