Federal committee to discuss policy toward imports made by children

Journal of Commerce

A new Treasury Department committee focusing on the controversial issue of child labor will hold its first meeting in Washington on Friday.

Called the Treasury Advisory Committee on International Child Labor Enforcement, the group is the department's first effort to look at U.S. policy and how it deals with imported goods made with child labor, said Steven S. Weiser, a New York attorney who is a member of the panel. Weiser, a partner in the law firm of Graham & James, is one of 15 members from the private sector who will serve on the committee. The use of child labor in all industries, from agriculture to textiles, has gained increasing attention from the media and U.S. government officials in the past several years. Efforts to stop the import of textiles, garments or toys made by children is only a part of the textile and apparel industry's continuing struggle to ensure working conditions in its overseas factories meet U.S. labor standards.

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