Biden Labor official: ILAB cuts ‘devastating’ to fight against unfair trade

The Trump administration is undermining its stated commitments to U.S. workers and businesses by eliminating international grant programs administered by the Labor Department, former Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Thea Lee tells Inside U.S. Trade . The administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has touted extensive cuts to grants overseen by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, dismissing as “America Last” a set of programs focused on countering abuses such as child labor and forced labor. According to Lee,...