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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Trade Preference Reform and Worker Protection Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the President from providing duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences when the U.S. unemployment rate has been less than 4%, on average, during the preceding six-month period, and it makes countries that use forced labor or child labor ineligible for duty-free treatment.</p>]]></text>
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