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United States Initiates CAFTA-DR Labor Law Arbitration Against Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 812 - 813
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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1 For background on the free trade agreement, see http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agree ments/cafta-dr-dominican-republic-central-america-fta. Chapter 20 provides for “fast-track” arbitral proceedings in intergovernmental disputes. It gives the parties 15 days to select a chair of the arbitral panel from a pool of arbitrators and 15 more days to select party-appointed arbitrators. Panels then must render a preliminary report and determination within 120 days, a period that can be extended to 180 days.

2 See U.S. Dep’t of Labor Press Release, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis Announces Labor Consultations with Guatemala under CAFTA-DR Agreement (July 30, 2010), at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20101078.htm.

3 U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Announces Next Step in Labor Rights Enforcement Case Against Guatemala, at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2011/august/us-trade-representative-ron-kirk-announces-next-ste.