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Viewing cable 09BEIJING2618, China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BEIJING2618 2009-09-13 23:24 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Beijing 
VZCZCXRO4449
OO RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHBJ #2618 2562324
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 132324Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6026
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC IMMEDIATE
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
 
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 
 
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