USTR Annouces Next Step to Address Worker Safety in Bangladesh

Friday the Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") outlined next steps in efforts to address in a meaningful way worker safety problems in Bangladesh – the severity of which were exemplified in the tragedies of the November 2012 Tazreen Fashions factory fire and the April 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse – and, more broadly, the ability of Bangladeshi workers to exercise their full range of labor rights. The full text of the USTR statement is available on the USTR website here.