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Labour provisions in EU trade agreements: What potential for channelling labour standards‐related capacity building?
Author(s) -
EBERT Franz Christian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2015.00036.x
Subject(s) - discretion , framing (construction) , economics , business , international trade , labour economics , political science , law , engineering , structural engineering
The labour provisions of the EU's trade agreements have been of limited effectiveness as a means of enforcing labour standards within the jurisdictions of the respective parties. However, the author argues, these provisions could serve other useful purposes in this regard. In particular, he focuses on their potential as a framework for channelling capacity‐building activities relating to labour standards through the EU's development cooperation instruments. He also considers options for increasing the potential effectiveness of labour provisions in framing capacity‐building activities through a change in their design, particularly by reducing the parties’ discretion in applying the relevant provisions.