Free Trade and Transnational Labour

Abstract

1. Trade Unions, 'Free Trade', and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity: An Introduction Part I: Conceptual considerations 2. Imperialist Rent and the Challenges for the Radical Left 3. 'Imperialist Rent' in Practice and Theory 4. Uneven and Combined Development and Unequal Exchange: The Second Wind of Neoliberal 'Free Trade'? Part II: Empirical discussions 5. European Trade Unions and Free Trade: Between International Solidarity and Perceived Self-Interest 6. Canadian and European Unions and the Canada-EU CETA Negotiations 7. Trade Liberalization and Organized Labour in the Asia-Pacific Region: Barriers to Labour Internationalism 8. The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Long Crisis of Brazilian Labour 9. The Congress of South African Trade Unions and Free Trade: Obstacles to Transnational Solidarity 10. Examining the Disconnect Between Mass Mobilizations and International Trade Union/NGO Networks in Struggles over Bilateral Free Trade and Investment Agreements Part III: Outlooks 11. Free Trade and the New Labour Internationalism 12. Unions and Trade: What Kind of Solidarity? 13. Global Crises: The Need to Go Beyond Transnational Solidarity in the Struggle Against the Expansion of Free Trade Agreements 14. Conclusion: Towards Transnational Solidarity on 'Free Trade' Policy?