He also favours tougher standards on Labour and the environment in trade deals.

他也赞成在贸易协定中对劳工和环境采取更严苛的标准。

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Investigating the way people actually went about finding jobs in an uncertain environment, he believed, should be a central concern of the analysis of Labour markets.

他认为，调查人们在不确定环境下的实际求职方式，才是对劳动力市场进行分析的中心环节。

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But they need the right environment, including a relaxation of South Africa’s labour laws, among the most rigid in the world, and greater policy certainty from ministers.

其中包括放宽南非的劳动法，南非的劳动法是世界上最严格的。 当然还有部长们更多的政策支持。

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Former Labour environment minister Jim Fitzpatrick said the government could easily achieve a ban using the existing Animal Welfare Act 2006, while Green MP Caroline Lucas said the government's judgment on the matter "is woefully lacking" and called for an end to the "cruel practice".

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But a sizeable minority of Republicans are protectionist, and most Democrats insist that further liberalisation must raise labour and environment standards too.

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Labour shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh said the only reason the extra testing was finally introduced was because of the discovery of horsemeat in beef products.

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