Number: 96-661 Title: Worker Rights Provisions and Trade Policy: Shoult They Be Linked? Authors: Mary Jane Bolle, Economics Division Abstract: This report addresses the following worker rights and trade policy issues: current congressional concern about child labor and fast-track reauthorization; arguments for and against linking worker rights to trade policy; economic reasons why the worker rights issue is surfacing now; existing laws and trade agreements linking working rights and trade policy; action Congress might take to try to resolve the current worker right-and-trade policy dilemma. Pages: 19 Date: Updated July 30, 1996