[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10629-10630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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   NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SUSPEND DESIGNATION OF BANGLADESH AS A 
   BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 113-42)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with section 502(f)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462(f)(2)), I am providing 
notification of my intent to suspend the designation of Bangladesh as a 
beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of 
Preferences (GSP) program. Section 502(b)(2)(G) of the 1974 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2462(b)(2)(G)) provides that the President shall not designate 
any country a beneficiary developing country under

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the GSP if such country has not taken or is not taking steps to afford 
internationally recognized worker rights in the country (including any 
designated zone in that country). Section 502(d)(2) of the 1974 Act (19 
U.S.C. 2462(d)(2)) provides that, after complying with the requirements 
of section 502(f)(2) of the 1974 Act, the President shall withdraw or 
suspend the designation of any country as a beneficiary developing 
country if, after such designation, the President determines that as 
the result of changed circumstances such country would be barred from 
designation as a beneficiary developing country under section 502(b)(2) 
of the 1974 Act.
  Pursuant to section 502(d) of the 1974 Act, having considered the 
factors set forth in section 502(b)(2)(G), I have determined that it is 
appropriate to suspend Bangladesh's designation as a beneficiary 
developing country under the GSP program because it is not taking steps 
to afford internationally recognized worker rights to workers in the 
country.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 27, 2013.

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