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US not imposing sanctions on Swaziland

    JOHANNESBURG

    The United States has halted plans to impose trade sanction against Swaziland, after the country amended a controversial labour law deemed restrictive by the International Labour Organisation, SABC reported on Wednesday. The law made workers liable for losses incurred as a result of industrial action.

    The US embassy in the Swazi capital, Mbabane, said following the law reform, Swaziland would remain inside the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), a preferential trade pact for developing countries. The country’s trade unions have in recent weeks led a series of disruptive actions to protest against the law.

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