US labour unions...do clearly see advantages for their members and other unorganised workers...through inserting labour standards' clauses into trade agreements. But what are these labour standards? They include the elimination of child labour (undoubtedly a human right) as well as freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively and the right to strike. The International Labour Organisation also sees these last three as being on the human rights list. All are systematically denied by many countries - and not just the poorest - who trade with the United States... [A]re we to accept that the dubious benefits for all of free trade for poor countries (in many the freedom to starve) outweigh all other considerations important to the human condition? Nor is the US a world leader in advancing labour standards for its own.