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 PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 114 STAT. 285 "(III) a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or compulsory labor; "(IV) a minimum age for the employment of children; and "(V) acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health; "(iv) Whether the country has implemented its commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as defined in section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974. "(v) The extent to which the country has met the counter-narcotics certification criteria set forth in section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 229 Ij) for eligibility for United States assistance. "(vi) The extent to which the country has taken steps to become a party to and implements the Inter- American Convention Against Corruption. "(vii) The extent to which the country— "(I) applies transparent, nondiscriminatory, and competitive procedures in government procurement equivalent to those contained in the Agreement on Government Procurement described in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; and "(II) contributes to efforts in international fora to develop and implement international rules in transparency in government procurement. " (C) CBTPA ORIGINATING GOOD. — "(i) IN GENERAL.— The term 'CBTPA originating good' means a good that meets the rules of origin for a good set forth in chapter 4 of the NAFTA as implemented pursuant to United States law. "(ii) APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 4.— In applying chapter 4 of the NAFTA with respect to a CBTPA beneficiary country for purposes of this subsection— "(I) no country other than the United States and a CBTPA beneficiary country may be treated as being a party to the NAFTA; "(II) any reference to trade between the United States and Mexico shall be deemed to refer to trade between the United States and a CBTPA beneficiary country; "(III) any reference to a party shall be deemed to refer to a CBTPA beneficiary country or the United States; and "(IV) any reference to parties shall be deemed to refer to any combination of CBTPA beneficiary countries or to the United States and one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries (or any combination thereof). "(D) TRANSITION PERIOD, —The term 'transition period' means, with respect to a CBTPA beneficiary country, the period that begins on October 1, 2000, and ends on the earlier of— "(i) September 30, 2008; or 79-194O-00 -11:QL3Part1

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