"This will send a strong message about how these companies can act."
If the companies act in good faith on just the issues that have already been agreed upon, many workers around the world will be helped.
But it is only in the last few years that companies have been acting on the knowledge.
The two companies have been acting as advisers for the city since 1990.
For decades, American companies acted as though higher costs could always be passed on.
And it is in the first quarter that the most decisions are made, as companies act after getting results for the previous year.
"There is no follow-up to see that the companies act on the evidence presented to them."
This is the way a company acts when they've been busted.
"But now," he said, "the company will act against them more quickly."
Whatever the government does, the companies themselves should be acting more responsibly.