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The EU believes trade can work for all, claiming that labour provisions in its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) ensure that economic growth and high labour standards go hand-in-hand. Yet whether these actually make a difference to workers is strongly contested.
Drawing upon extensive original research, including over 200 interviews with key actors across the EU and its trading partners, the book, Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance, considers the effectiveness of this approach and explores how meaningful trade agreements are in practice when it comes to workers’ rights.
Limited labour provisions
The EU claims that the potentially negative impacts of FTAs on workers, and working conditions in partner countries, through increased competition, is countered by labour standards in its Trade and Development (TSD) Chapters, however this research tells a different story.
Free Trade Agreements can have an impact on workers rights
The EU believes trade can work for all, claiming that labour provisions in its Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) ensure that economic growth and high labour standards go hand-in-hand. Yet whether these actually make a difference to workers is strongly contested.
Drawing upon extensive original research, including over 200 interviews with key actors across the EU and its trading partners, the book,
Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance, considers the effectiveness of this approach and explores how meaningful trade agreements are in practice when it comes to workers’ rights.
Limited labour provisions