Moeun Tola called on the US Congress to provide zero duty access to Cambodian exports
Moeun Tola (2nd from right) (Photo: SRP North America)Zero duty status subject to labour laws implement
September 12, 2009
Fibre2fashion News Desk (India)
Moeun Tola, chief of the Labour Programme Unit at the Community Legal Education Centre in Cambodia, has called on the US Congress to provide zero duty access to Cambodian exports, subject to that it meets minimum labour standards.
He said, concession should be granted along the lines of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's Trade Act of 2009. This is the third such bill to go before the Senate, following the Trade Act of 2005 and the Trade Act of 2007, both of which failed.
He argued for benchmarks to be set in line with international and national labour standards and called on US government to put pressure on Cambodia to fully implement its labour laws and pass its long-awaited anti-corruption law.
The Trade Act 2009 extends zero duty access to 14 least developed countries (LDCs), one of which is Cambodia.
Attendants to the packed-room hearing (All Photos: SRP North America)
Panel members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
US Congressmen James P. McGovern (C) and Frank R. Wolf (R), the co-chairs of the TLHRC
Attendants to the hearing
Sophie Richardson (R), Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, gives her testimony. Sitting next to her are, from left to right: SRP MP Mu Sochua, Dr. Pung Chiv Kek, and Mr. Moeun Tola
Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, gives her testimony
Mrs. Mu Sochua giving her testimony
TLHRC panel membersPhotos from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
Attendants to the packed-room hearing (All Photos: SRP North America)Panel members of the Tom Lantos Human Rights CommissionUS Congressmen James P. McGovern (C) and Frank R. Wolf (R), the co-chairs of the TLHRCAttendants to the hearingSophie Richardson (R), Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, gives her testimony. Sitting next to her are, from left to right: SRP MP Mu Sochua, Dr. Pung Chiv Kek, and Mr. Moeun TolaSophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, gives her testimonyMrs. Mu Sochua giving her testimonyTLHRC panel membersPhotos from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
A panel member of the TLHRC, Congressman James P. McGovern, the co-chair of the TLHRC, with Mrs. Mu Sochua and Dr. Pung Chiv Kek (All Photos: SRP North America)
Dr. Pung Chiv Kek and Mr. Moeun Tola talk with the hearing attendants
Mrs. Mu Sochua greets the attendants to the hearing
Mrs. Mu Sochua greets the attendants to the hearing
An attendant shows which party he is supporting
Attendants to the hearingBriefing dinner following the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing
Moeun Tola and Dr. Pung Chiv Kek were also present during the dinner following the Tom Lantos Human Rigths Commission hearing (All Photos: SRP North America)
SRP MP Mu Sochua briefed the attendants to the dinner
Mr. Tung Yap (C), Dr. Pung Chiv Kek (L) and Mrs. Mu Sochua (R)
Mrs. Mu Sochua was presented with a plaque
Participants to the dinner
Mrs. Mu Sochua is being interviewed
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