Overview
- Proposes a global labour and trade framework agreement combined with a joint ILO/WTO enforcement mechanism
- Examines the labour standards provisions in a number of Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements
- Expounds the fruitful relations of trade liberalisation, enhancing welfare, poverty reduction and enhanced labour relations
- Lays the ground for a fresh look at what is a complex issue, both in terms of political economy and law
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
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 proposes a Global Labour and Trade Framework Agreement (GLTFA) combined with a joint ILO/WTO enforcement mechanism to resolve the contentious issue of the link between the CLS and international trade.
The history of the linkage between the Core Labour Standards (CLS) and international trade dates back roughly 150 years, and has recently become one of the most vexing issues facing policy-makers. At the heart of the debate is the question whether or not trade sanctions should be imposed on countries that do not respect the CLS as embodied in multilateral conventions administered by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Concretely, this would entail inserting a social clause in the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, and would trigger the imposition of sanctions on those countries that do not adhere to the CLS.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kofi Addo is a policy advisor to the Board of Governors of the International Baccalaureate Organisation. He holds a PhD in law from the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Core Labour Standards and International Trade
Book Subtitle: Lessons from the Regional Context
Authors: Kofi Addo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44619-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44618-8Published: 04 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51590-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44619-5Published: 24 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 330
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Economic Law, Trade Law, Development Economics, Business Ethics, European Law