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On the recordJuly 7, 2014
Congress should encourage the U.S. Trade Representative to suspend GSP and other trade preferences for any country that does not effectively address forced labor.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Calling for trade preferences to be suspended for countries failing to address forced labor.

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