on the garment sector in Cambodia with the following finding: [Labor rights abuses] include forced overtime and retaliation against those who sought exemption from overtime, lack of rest breaks, denial of sick leave, use of underage child labor, and the use of union-busting strategies to thwart independent unions. . (8) In October 2017, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a new triennial process to assess GSP beneficiary country eligibility. The first assessment period covered 25 Asian and Pacific Island GSP beneficiary countries. For each such country, USTR and other United States Government agencies examined the country’s policies and practices related to each of the 15 eligibility criteria established by Congress, including respecting arbitral awards in favor of United States citizens or corporations, combating child labor, respecting internationally recognized worker rights, providing adequate and effective intellectual property protection, reducing barriers to services trade and investment, and providing the United States with equitable and reasonable market access. In April 2018, USTR announced that it is reviewing the eligibility of India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan in the GSP program based on concerns about the countries’ compliance with the program. This review did not mention Cambodia. (9) In the 2017 Human Rights Report, the Department of State warned: Labor inspectors did not enforce labor standards in the informal sector or in unlicensed workplaces. In the formal sector, sources reported labor inspectors conducted routine inspections only in registered garment and footwear factories, where the incidence of child labor remained extremely low. . (10) In its country-specific Cambodia report in 2017, the Department of Labor stated: When child labor inspections do occur, they are concentrated in the city of Phnom Penh, as well as in the provincial, formal-sector factories producing goods for export, such as textiles and garments. . (11) In 2018, the Department of Labor