Labor

USTR's Office of Labor Affairs negotiates and implements labor provisions of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements.

The office evaluates adherence to worker rights provisions of trade preference programs (GSP, ATPDEA, AGOA, CBI). The office leads the effort to develop positions and build international consensus on trade and labor issues in regional and multilateral fora, including the International Labor Organization (ILO), World Trade Organization (WTO), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Inter-American Council of Ministers of Labor, and Summit of the Americas.

The office works interagency in developing capacity building initiatives to support labor law compliance by trading partners.