WOLA GSP petition filed on Guatemala's failure to meet conditions ...May 4, 2005Normally, the GSP decision is made within about six weeks of the initial filing date. But, in this case six months had passed since the original petitions were filed.
In June 2005, the Bush administration refused to respond to these petitions to withdraw trade benefits from countries that violate core workers’ rights. In the face of inaction and missed deadlines from the administration, labor rights advocates were forced to file new petitions on each of the Central American countries.
To read a Congressional Memo on this topic click here
To read the full GSP petition text click here
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