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Core Labour Standards and International Trade Lessons from the Regional Context /

This book examines the labour standards provisions in a number of Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements, and assesses the potential of using the relevant clauses in these trade agreements as a benchmark for a multilateral approach. Based on the lessons learned from the Regional model, the book pro...

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Main Author: Addo, Kofi. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
International law.
Trade.
Development economics.
Business ethics.
Law—Europe.
International Economic Law, Trade Law.
Development Economics.
Business Ethics.
European Law.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44619-5
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Global Debate – The Linkage Between Labour Standards and International Trade
  • 3. The History of Core Labour Standards
  • 4. Legal Analysis: CLS, International Law and the Process and Production Method Argument
  • 5. Unilateral Social Clauses
  • 6. Regional Trade Agreements and the Interface between Labour Standards and International Trade
  • 7. Regional Trade Agreements and Labour Provisions
  • 8. The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on the Labour-Trade Debate
  • 9. Conclusion and Recommendations.

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