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Transcript for: International Trade: Trade Agreements Increasingly
Promote Women's Rights and Economic Interests, but Barriers Remain -
Director Summary

Description: Latesha Love discusses our June 2022 report on U.S. trade
agreements' protection and promotion of women's rights and economic
interests. GAO analyzed all U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Trade
and Investment Framework Agreements (TIFAs), information on agency
monitoring efforts, and studies on trade's effects on women.

Related GAO Works: GAO-22-104711.  International Trade: Trade Agreements
Increasingly Promote Women's Rights and Economic Interests, but Barriers
Remain 

Released: June 2022

[ GAO's Latesha Love, Director, International Affairs & Trade, speaking
to the camera ] 

[ Latesha Love : ]
Nations enjoy greater economic growth when women participate in their
economies. But women in some countries face barriers to this
participation, including unequal access to education, gender-based
violence, limited or restricted women's rights and more. 
Trade agreements can help to empower women to participate in economic
activities. In fact, the U.S. and other countries have a growing number
of trade agreements that contain provisions that are gender-specific.
But that number is small. Less than half of the U.S.'s Free Trade
Agreements, and only seven of 62 Trade and Investment Framework
Agreements include provisions that are specific to protecting or
promoting women's rights and economic interests. 
At home and abroad, efforts are underway to better understand how trade
policy can help to empower women economically. 
To learn more, read our report at GAO.gov.

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For more info, check out our report GAO-22-104711 at: GAO.gov