Regional Trade Agreements and Labour Provisions

Abstract

With the increasing failure to include labour standards in the WTO, the second best option in the opinion of the proponents has been to include labour standards in regional and bilateral trade agreements. In this chapter, we would examine labour standard clauses in some regional trade agreements, specifically trade agreements signed by the United States, the European Union, and Canada with other countries. This chapter will also highlight other relevant free trade agreements with social clauses.