Handbook on assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements/Справочник по оценке положений о труде в торговых и инвестиционных соглашениях

Издание на английском языке
This publication provides a short analysis on the design, scope, implementation and effectiveness of labour provisions in a practical and accessible manner. Labour provisions have become more commonplace in trade agreements and increasingly comprehensive in their scope. The Handbook provides practical information in a format geared towards non-specialist audiences focusing on different approaches regarding the content and implementation mechanisms of labour provisions (including technical cooperation and dialogue).In this regard, the Handbook presents different case-studies, with particular focus on implementation of the labour provisions, specific effects, and challenges. Particularly, it emphasizes the importance of stakeholders’ involvement in the implementation of the provisions. In addition, the Handbook explores other areas related to trade and labour, such as global supply chains, corporate social responsibility provisions in trade agreements and gender considerations.

Contents
Foreword
Executive summary
I. Labour provisions: Background and trends
1. Trends in labour provisions in trade arrangements
2. Trade and core labour standards
3. Links between trade and labour: an overview of the theory and evidence
II. Labour provisions in trade agreements: Implementation and stakeholder involvement
4. Assessing the effects of labour provisions in trade agreements
5. Involving stakeholders in trade agreements
III. Case studies
6. Implementation of labour provisions: the experience of Chile
7. Case study on the Cambodian textile sector
8. Monitoring trade agreements: the case of Colombia
9. Experiences of stakeholders in conflict resolution: the cases of Asian and Latin American countries
10. Promoting labour rights: experiences of Mexico and Morocco with the European Union and the United States
11. Labour provisions in the European Union-Republic of Moldova Association Agreement
IV. Specific issues
12. Gender considerations in trade agreements
13. How trade policy affects firms and workers in global supply chains: an overview
14. Corporate social responsibility in trade agreements
15. Governance spillovers of labour provisions in free trade agreements