China deserves a Tier 3 rankingegregious violatorE1152 as much if not more than any other nation on the list. Malaysia. whose ranking was upgraded to the Tier 2 Watch List last year on the flimsiest of justifications and fears it would be disqualified from the TransPacific Partnership. was allowed to maintain its Tier 2 Watch List rankingdespite the fact that Malaysia faltered in its antitrafficking progress over the last year. In fact. Malaysia. a country with 4 million migrant workers. prosecuted fewer trafficking cases and convicted only 7 traffickers last yearthats less than when it was a Tier 3 country. Meanwhile. women from Burma. Vietnam.