Smith Introduces Bill to Bar All Imports That Contain Cobalt Mined by Child Exploitation and Forced Labor Trafficking in the Democratic Republic of Congo
July 01, 2023
July 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023:
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, today introduced new legislation to bar the importation of all goods containing cobalt, lithium and other rare earth minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through child exploitation and forced labor trafficking and also to counter China's control of strategic metal . . .
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights, today introduced new legislation to bar the importation of all goods containing cobalt, lithium and other rare earth minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through child exploitation and forced labor trafficking and also to counter China's control of strategic metal . . .