Merkley, Baldwin introduce bill to factor labor conditions in duties

Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow poor labor conditions, wages, and environmental protections to be considered as subsidies in trade remedy investigations. The Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act of 2018 states that trade agreements subject to congressional approval cannot receive expedited approval via TPA or other means “unless the agreement includes binding and enforceable requirements that all producers of merchandise exported to the United States from that...