Rynek pracy · 30.06.2003

Request for Information on Efforts by Certain Countries To Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor

This notice is a request for information for use in Department of Labor research regarding the implementation of international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor by countries seeking benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), and/or eligibility for additional benefits provided for in the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) or the African Growth and Development Act (AGOA). The Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA) established a new eligibility criterion--concerning efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor--for receipt of these trade benefits. The TDA requires the Secretary of Labor to make annual findings with respect to beneficiary countries' implementation of their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The first annual report under the TDA was published on July 12, 2002. This information request is for use in producing the third report.