Thank you, Tony. All of us in this room shop in the global marketplace these days. And all of us buy products manufactured by children, or harvested by children.
Child labor is found in domestic production as well as in foreign imports.
Because of this, child labor is a significant consumer issue, and it is the responsibility of consumers to demand child labor-free products. Many consumers don't want to buy products made by exploited children. Yet they are frustrated when they enter a store, wanting to make a choice for child labor-free products, but they face a lack of information. And this situation will not change until consumers demand action from governments, from industries, and from companies. The marketplace reacted to changing consumer attitudes and interest.