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International Human Rights

U.S. Government Responds to Poor Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 936 - 939
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 See U.S. Clothing Retailers Adopt Factory Safety Plan for Bangladesh, this issue.

2 Office of the United States Trade Representatives, Bangladesh, at http://www.ustr.gov/countries-regions/south-central-asia/bangladesh.

3 Julfikar Ali Manik & Yardley, Jim, Bangladesh Finds Gross Negligence in Factory Fire, N.Y. Times, Dec. 17, 2012, at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/world/asia/bangladesh-factory-fire-caused-by-gross-negligence.html.Google Scholar

4 Yardley, Jim, Report on Deadly Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Finds WidespreadBlame, N. Y. Times, May 22, 2013, at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/report-on-bangladesh-building-collapse-finds-widespread-blame.html Google Scholar.

5 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0537, State Department Call with U.S. Buyers in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Sector (May 8, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/05/209163.htm.

6 Schneider, Howard, Bangladesh Labor Lapses Could End Tariff Breaks, Wash. Post, May 17, 2013, at A1 Google Scholar; Urbina, Ian, Unions Seek to Revise Bangladesh Trade Status, N.Y. Times, May 31, 2013, at B1 Google Scholar; Editorial, Obama Gets Tough on Bangladesh, N.Y. Times, June 28, 2013, at A24.

7 White House Press Release, Technical Trade Proclamation to Congress Regarding Bangladesh (June 27, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/27/technical-trade-proclamation-congress-regarding-bangladesh.

8 Greenhouse, Steven, U.S., Urging Worker Safety, Outlines Steps for Bangladesh to Regain Its Trade Privileges, N.Y. Times, July 20, 2013, at B2.Google Scholar

9 [Editor’s Note: The compact is available online at http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2013/july/tradoc_151601.pdf.]

10 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0908, Statement by the U.S. Government on Labor Rights and Factory Safety in Bangladesh (July 19, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/07/212209.htm.