41.   The United States and other industrial nations support labor standards that require developing countries to insure minimum levels for wages and working conditions.

42.   The White House has attempted to address such concerns by promising to include environmental and labor standards in future trade agreements.

43.   Then there is the question of labor standards.

44.   The U.S. also raised eyebrows by trying to add the contentious issue of labor standards to the WTO agenda.

45.   They are concerned that the labels would be too easy to copy and place on clothes that did not meet non-sweatshop labor standards.

46.   They criticized China for locking up political dissidents, banning unions and failing to adopt labor standards.

47.   Third-world countries fear that allowing their trading partners to seek sanctions for violations of such labor standards would pave the way to banning their exports.

48.   They want the new trade agreement to include provisions that set minimum labor standards in factories around the world.

49.   This included proposals to start discussions on investment restrictions, labor standards, opaque government procurement methods and business practices that discriminate against foreign companies.