Airlines should train flight attendants to spot signs that a person is being trafficked, according to the UN agency responsible for tackling sexual exploitation and forced labour. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is also asking airlines to distribute information cards to passengers, cargo workers and airport staff, with advice on recognising when a person might be a victim of exploitation. Felipe De La Torre, programme management officer at the UN agency, said airlines are well-placed to help authorities crack down on trafficking. “The airlines have the power to detect possible signs of human trafficking victims, they have the power to channel this information to the airport authorities and they also have the power to disseminate short videos or documentaries about human trafficking,” he said. <br/>
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The US International Trade Commission voted unanimously June 9 for the govt to continue its investigation into allegations by Boeing that Bombardier’s CSeries jets are being unfairly subsidised. The commission said there is a “reasonable indication” that a US industry is threatened with “material injury” due to the aircraft allegedly being sold in the US at less than fair value. As a result of the decision, the US Department of Commerce will continue its investigation and disclose its preliminary countervailing duty determination around July 21 and anti-dumping duty decision around Oct 4. Boeing petitioned the US Commerce Department and the US International Trade Commission earlier this year alleging subsidies given to Bombardier have allowed the manufacturer to sell the CSeries planes at well below cost. <br/>
The block on US president Donald Trump’s revised executive order temporarily banning nationals from 6 countries from traveling to the US has been upheld by a second US federal appeals court. The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled June 12 that Trump had exceeded his authority and that it was “reasonable” to conclude the president was seeking “to disfavour a particular religion.” The ruling follows a similar ruling recently issued by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, and leaves the Trump administration with little recourse but to fight for the executive order in the US Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit Court said Trump has failed to provide “sufficient justification to suspend the entry of more than 180m people on the basis of nationality.” <br/>