John Sifton: “Tell Vietnam to shut these facilities down.”

More than 9 years after the conflict, the people of Sri Lanka are still struggling to rebuild their country's democratic institutions but also obtain justice for the crimes that were committed during the conflict.

I'd rather have that raised by the U.S. Trade Representative than by the American consumer because I don't think the American consumer has the might to actually make it impact Vietnamese.

the issue really boils down to the politicization of the process. It has become politicized, and that has hurt it.

I think it wouldn't be correct to assume that the U.S. Government doesn't raise human rights issues outside of this dialogue.