A bill to provide for the suspension of the eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences of countries that fail to meet minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other purposes.
Anti-Trafficking Trade Act of 2018 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to suspend a country's designation of beneficiary developing country for one year if that country does not meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as reported annually by the Department of State. Such designation provides a country with duty-free treatment of its goods to the United States. The bill also provides a process for downgrade of a country's classification (after notification) of watch list countries named in the annual State Department report.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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A bill to provide for the suspension of the eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences of countries that fail to meet minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-2308| Senate
| Updated: 1/16/2018
Anti-Trafficking Trade Act of 2018 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President to suspend a country's designation of beneficiary developing country for one year if that country does not meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as reported annually by the Department of State. Such designation provides a country with duty-free treatment of its goods to the United States. The bill also provides a process for downgrade of a country's classification (after notification) of watch list countries named in the annual State Department report.