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Toward a new foreign policy.

Publication: Foreign Policy in Focus
Publication Date: 10-DEC-02 		Format: Online - approximately 944 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Key Recommendations

* Washington must include antidiscrimination language in its definition of "internationally recognized worker rights."

* The U.S. should take an active role in encouraging further work by the ILO to address discrimination against women.

* The U.S. must acknowledge its responsibility to uphold international standards of particular relevance to women workers.

On August 6, 2002, the GSP program was renewed by Congress until December 31, 2006. During the legislative process on GSP renewal and the broader Trade Promotion Authority for the president (TPA, popularly known as Fast Track), an amendment in the Senate added nondiscrimination to the list of required worker rights. Unfortunately, that amendment was removed when reconciling the House and Senate versions of the bill, leaving the GSP--and all subsequent trade legislation--without antidiscrimination protection. Such a clause would simply bring the GSP into full conformity with...

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