Planned UK-Gulf Trade Agreement Risks Implicating the UK in Labor Abuses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talk during the G20 Summit leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro, November 18, 2024. © 2024 Eraldo Peres/AP Photo As the UK draws closer to finalizing a Free Trade Agreement with Gulf countries, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting Saudi Arabia to boost domestic investment. Without concrete rights protections, the new British government risks furthering abuses rooted in Britain’s colonial past.Widespread labor violations against migrant workers are effectively…

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