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WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman on Thursday noted his strong support for the Central American Free Trade Agreement's labor provisions.
"This is the strongest agreement we have ever negotiated on labor rights. It sets up a practical, effective way to increase labor rights enforcement in these countries," Portman said at a news conference after speaking to the Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade in Washington.
"The issue is not the laws in the books, which is good. The issue is enforcement of the laws. There is a problem there. The United States government acknowledges that, I acknowledge that," he said.
Portman said the proposed CAFTA will allocate resources to enforce labor laws, strengthen labor ministries and improve labor court systems. Already the U.S. Congress has appropriated $20 billion in labor and capacity building to help fund the hiring of labor law judges and training of inspectors.
The CAFTA agreement is between the U.S. and six Latin American countries including: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
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