Reimagining Trade Agreements for Workers: Lessons from the USMCA
A backlash against the post-Cold War order of liberal globalization has taken hold in the rich North Atlantic countries. Concerns about wages, working conditions, and economic opportunity are central to the critique of international trade agreements of the last three decades. While labor rights have...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:043af108cbcd49f2878ead53c0a2d533 2023-05-15T17:32:27+02:00 Reimagining Trade Agreements for Workers: Lessons from the USMCA Álvaro Santos 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2019.74 https://doaj.org/article/043af108cbcd49f2878ead53c0a2d533 EN eng Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2398772319000746/type/journal_article https://doaj.org/toc/2398-7723 doi:10.1017/aju.2019.74 2398-7723 https://doaj.org/article/043af108cbcd49f2878ead53c0a2d533 AJIL Unbound, Vol 113, Pp 407-412 (2019) Comparative law. International uniform law K520-5582 Private international law. Conflict of laws K7000-7720 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2019.74 2023-03-12T01:32:00Z A backlash against the post-Cold War order of liberal globalization has taken hold in the rich North Atlantic countries. Concerns about wages, working conditions, and economic opportunity are central to the critique of international trade agreements of the last three decades. While labor rights have progressively been included in trade agreements, they have done little to reshape workers’ well-being and workplace conditions. The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) may signal a pivot to a new model requiring reforms of domestic labor law and other issues important to workers. However, there is much more to be done to rebalance the power between capital and labor in trade agreements. In addition, for the United States and other rich countries, reform at home may be equally important. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Pivot ENVELOPE(-30.239,-30.239,-80.667,-80.667) AJIL Unbound 113 407 412 |
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A backlash against the post-Cold War order of liberal globalization has taken hold in the rich North Atlantic countries. Concerns about wages, working conditions, and economic opportunity are central to the critique of international trade agreements of the last three decades. While labor rights have progressively been included in trade agreements, they have done little to reshape workers’ well-being and workplace conditions. The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) may signal a pivot to a new model requiring reforms of domestic labor law and other issues important to workers. However, there is much more to be done to rebalance the power between capital and labor in trade agreements. In addition, for the United States and other rich countries, reform at home may be equally important. |
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