US halts imports linked to Taiwan-based fishing vessel
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August 21, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor have prompted the U.S. to halt imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired Bumble Bee Seafoods this year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the order blocking shipments from the Da Wang at all American ports, the second such action by the Trump administration against a vessel in the Taiwanese shipping fleet since May.
It follows reports from Greenpeace East Asia of abuses in the second largest fleet in the world after China that partly led the...
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