Overview of Labor Enforcement Issues in Free Trade Agreements

Abstract

Since 1993, the Administration has negotiated and Congress has approved 10 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that contain labor provisions with different degrees of enforceability. Three more (with Colombia, Peru, and South Korea) await congressional consideration. This report identifies two types of enforcement issues: (1) those that relate to the FTA provisions themselves, including their definitions and their enforceability, and (2) those that relate to executive branch responsibilities, such as resource availability and determining dispute settlement case priorities. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 29, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480728

Entities

People

  • Mary J. Bolle

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Labor
  • Labor Unions
  • Language
  • Law
  • Monitoring
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • South Korea
  • Standards
  • Trade Associations
  • Trade Policy
  • United States

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.