61.   Among the programs at risk, she said, is a new one to promote fair labor standards around the world.

62.   Asia-Pacific Cabinet ministers ended a meeting on regional labor issues Thursday without resolving sensitive questions such as labor standards and protection of workers.

63.   As for labor standards, Republicans are divided over plans to increase inspections of factories and other work sites.

64.   ASEAN is united in its opposition to Western attempts to link trade with labor standards.

65.   At the summit, the WTO nations will address such issues as tariffs, debt, labor standards and competition policy.

66.   At the WTO summit, the WTO nations will address such issues as tariffs, debt, labor standards and competition policy.

67.   Besides, WTO members are polarized over U.S.-led Western insistence on giving the organization powers to enforce better labor standards in workplaces.

68.   But as at the World Trade Organization meeting in November, the poor and rich nations differ over labor standards, market access, the environment and debt relief.

69.   But Maucher countered calls by some for the WTO to become more concerned with strengthening labor standards, saying they should remain the responsibility of the ILO.

70.   Carter acknowledged that China has failed to take adequate steps in terms of human rights, democracy and labor standards.