Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

22 U.S.C. § 290k: Opposition to certain guarantees or investment promotions; independent evaluation of guaranteed investments

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be in any country which is not a beneficiary developing country for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 [ 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.] because it has not taken or is not taking steps to afford internationally-recognized workers’ rights to workers in that country; employment in the United States; or other trade benefits likely to accrue to the United States from the investment; or likely increase a country’s productive capacity in an industry already facing excess worldwide capacity for the same, similar or competing product, and cause substantial injury to producers of such products in the United States; and the anticipated net impact of such investments on employment in and exports from the United States, and the extent to which such investments were made in countries which had not taken or are not taking steps to afford internationally-recognized workers’ rights to workers in those countries.

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