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U.S. Will File Labor Complaint Against Guatemala
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| Author | Mark Drajem |
| News Date | Friday, July 30, 2010 06:55:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | July 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. filed a complaint against Guatemala today over its lack of labor protections, using provisions in a regional free-trade agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
It’s the first time the U.S. invoked a trade accord to challenge another country’s labor practices, and follows a rise in violence against union organizers in the Central American nation, Kirk said in a speech in Pennsylvania.
“With this case, we are sending a strong message that our trading partners must protect their own workers,” Kirk said. “The Obama administration will not tolerate labor violations that place U.S. workers at a disadvantage.”
Guatemala was part of the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement approved by Congress in 2005. U.S. trade with Guatemala was $7 billion last year, up from $6 billion in 2005, before the agreement took effect, according to Commerce Department data. |
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