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Assessment of Labour Provisions in Trade and Investment Arrangements.
Nearly half of trade agreements concluded in the past five years included either a labour chapter or labour provision that makes reference to international labour standards and ILO instruments. But challenges remain, particularly with respect to sustainability of impacts, coherence, and cooperative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
ILO,
2016.
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| Colección: | Studies in Growth with Equity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Foreword; Table of contents; List of abbreviations; Executive summary; Introduction; References; Chapter 1. Evolution of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements; Key findings; Introduction; A. Labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements: An overview of trends; Labour provision trends in trade agreements; Labour provisions trends in unilateral trade arrangements; Labour provisions trends in international investment arrangements; B. Evolution of labour provisions in EU and US unilateral trade arrangements.
- The United States: "Internationally recognized worker rights"The EU: Linking labour requirements to the fundamental ILO Conventions; C. Trade agreements; Design of labour provisions: Different generations of trade agreements; EU: Sustainable development ; Obligations; Dispute settlement mechanism; The United States: Effective enforcement of domestic laws; Obligations; Dispute settlement mechanism; Canada: Progressive extension of labour rights protection; Obligations; Dispute settlement mechanism; Chile: Country-based approaches; Obligations; Dispute settlement mechanism; D. Conclusions.
- Pre-ratification changes to improve law enforcement, with respect to discrimination, freedom of association and collective bargainingDevelopment and application from implementation mechanisms of the agreement; Challenges in achieving broad-based improvements; Cambodia: Monitoring at the firm level; Bangladesh: Unilateral trade arrangements, benefits suspension and capacity-building; Policy levers of unilateral trade arrangements in Bangladesh; Working conditions' evolution between 1999 and 2010; E. Conclusion; Appendix I. Ratification of ILO Conventions.
- Appendix II. The relation of labour provisions with labour market indicatorsAppendix III. The trade impact of labour provisions; Estimation methodology; References; Chapter 3. Effective stakeholder involvement in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements; Key findings; Introduction; A. Assessing the institutional mechanisms for stakeholder involvement ; Institutional mechanisms; Permanent stakeholder committees dominate the US approach; The EU makes use of agreement-specific advisory committees; Involving broader segments of civil society.