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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 16, 2018
Labor Rights for Development Act of 2018
This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require a developing country, as a condition for eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences, to establish in its law and practice:
freedom of association;
recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
elimination of all forms of compulsory or forced labor;
abolition of, and the prohibition of the worst forms of, child labor;
elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation; and
acceptable conditions of work regarding minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health.
The Generalized System of Preferences is a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in developing countries by providing preferential duty-free entry for certain products from designated beneficiary countries.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shall prescribe regulations necessary for the implementation of this bill.
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Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D–NJ
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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