11.   Core labor standards include the right to form trade unions as well as rules banning child and forced labor.

12.   Countries must not be allowed to violate basic international labor standards or to dilute their own laws to attract investment or benefit from trade.

13.   Developing countries bitterly oppose making labor standards a matter for the trade organization, which can authorize sanctions.

14.   Gore can ill-afford alienating union members, a majority of whom support core labor standards and environmental protections as part of future labor agreements.

15.   He said the administration should push for sanctions against countries that violate core labor standards, such as prohibitions against child labor and a right to collective bargaining.

16.   In addition to helping management, the law was meant to enhance the rights of workers to unionize and to bring South Korea into conformity with international labor standards.

17.   In the case of GSP, upholding labor standards is required by law.

18.   In this new system, jobs, cultures, environmental problems and labor standards can much more easily flow back and forth.

19.   It fell far short of demands from unions and environmental groups, which are calling for enforceable labor standards and strong environmental safeguards.

20.   It did not seek to create common labor standards among Mexico, Canada and the United States.