The ITUC is deeply concerned by the 15 June joint statement by EU High Representative...and EU Trade Commissioner...calling for the rapid reinstatement of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for Myanmar...[T]there is no question that forced labour continues to be exacted in many parts of the country, including for portering, infrastructure projects...A report is due at the November 2012 meeting of the ILO Governing Body to review progress on the implementation of the action plan on forced labour (as well as on freedom of association and the impact of investment on decent work). Any move by the EU to start a process to reinstate GSP before that report is due, much less before there are measurable results on the ground, would be very premature...[refers also to Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise]...