The Bush administration is likely to reject any formal trade link to labour standards, but it may be forced to extend such conditions which already exist in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to other countries.
There is also a clear link between child labour and school attendance - students aged between 12 and 14 years who work showed lower rates of attendance than those who do not work.
Labour Minister Baroness Blackstone denies the link and says that the government is offering more support for poor students.
But his style of leadership and the controversial link with the New Labour government will be one of the central issues of the campaign which will continue until August.
But, now that the link with the free movement of labour has been broken, the dispute is much less likely to get out of hand.
Labour see the Lib Dems as the weak link in the coalition and they will be applying as much pressure as possible to Nick Clegg's party by suggesting that the 'new politics' of partnership should not mean saying one thing in opposition and doing another in government.
Despite its conference defeat at the hands of the unions, the Labour Party is resolved not to restore the earnings link.
In opposition he insisted on abandoning the Labour Party's commitment to restoring the earnings link for raising the basic state pension, ditched by Margaret Thatcher to save money.
There are amendments down from Labour to strike out the 1% limit, link any changes to a job guarantee for those unemployed for more than two years, and to the top rate of income tax.
Labour village councillor Steve Lydon said the new homes would link the villages - which are less than a mile apart - and added the area is not equipped for 150 new homes.
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Labour transport spokesman Charlie Gordon also backed the high speed rail link coming to Scotland, but called for support for interim steps to reduce rail journey times between Scotland and London.
The pressure put on constituency Labour party delegates not to support the motion seeking to restore the link between pensions and earnings was similarly attacked.
He also taunted Labour over the power of the Unite union over its finances and the link with Ms Harman's husband, Jack Dromey, who is the union's deputy general secretary.
His family lines link him to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and Mr Davis has been strongly against Labour's devolution policies.
Granted, Mr Rodrik is correct to point out areas where economic research has been lacking: too much time has been spent poring over the statistical link between trade and wages, for example, and not enough on the broader effects of trade on labour markets.
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