ILO Labor Standards and Trade Agreements: A Case for Consistency
36 Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal
35 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 2021
Date Written: June 2, 2021
Abstract
A growing number of trade agreements have taken an important step toward ensuring consistency by referring to - and hence incorporating the legal content of - ILO instruments. On its face, this uniform reference suggests an increasing alignment between the ILO's international labor standards system and the labor provisions included in the various trade agreements. The application of these references in the decentralized trade context needs to be considered carefully, however, as there is a risk of inconsistent practices between agreements.
Keywords: ILO, labor, trade
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