How should the issue of domestic labor standards be handled in the GATT/ WTO? This question is part of a broader debate … such as labor and environmental standards and regulatory reform which have traditionally been treated with benign neglect … approaches to the treatment of domestic labor standards within a trade agreement. We use simple economic arguments to show that …

. Consequently, labour standards have become more decentralized across the globe as various States use them in varying forms, and … structure fits with the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) corpus of international labour standards. While the insertion … of these provisions could provide a way to increase labour standards enforcement, the trade partners may be confronted …

it had jurisdiction to consider a breach of core labour standards under the relevant provision of the relevant Free Trade … international human rights norms and International Labour Organization standards, as interpreted and applied by the Committee on …

dealing with labor standards and trade. We then consider conceptually how foreign direct investment might affect host … standards …

reflected in labour standards and in shaping policies and programmes [1]. The ILO was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of …

the association’s “Workplace Code of Conduct” which is based on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards … for monitoring workplace conditions, as they are required to maintain code standards throughout their supply chains [3 …

strategies which are characterised by a sluggish development of market wages and government-imposed social standards …