Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements

Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements (intro text): Introductory text to come here.

Background: Introductory Paper: The Spread of Bilateral Trade Agreements (DRAFT); Desafíos Laborales para América Central de Cara a al Firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio con la Unión Europea; Acuerdos de Comercio e Inversión en Amercia Latina y Caribe (CSI-ORIT); Las Negociaciones Comerciales entre la Union Europea y America Latina y Caribe. Presentación finalmente los TLC (CSI-ORIT); Report of the GURN Online Discussion on bilateral and regional Trade Agreements, which took place in March 2005 (Jul 05); More...

Trade Union Comments: AFL-CIO/ACTU: USA/Australia Possible Trade Agreement (Apr 01); AFL-CIO/Central America Unions: USA/Central America Free Trade Agreement (Nov 02); AFL-CIO/FKTU/KCTU: Declaration on the proposed Korea-US FTA (Jun 06); AFL-CIO/MTUC: Joint Statement on a possible US Malaysia Free Trade Agreeement (Jan 07); AFL-CIO/SNTUC: USA/Singapore Free Trade Agreement; More...

Other Comments: IDEALS: Japan/Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement: An Act of Economic Treason (May 07); EPAs: A Threat to Workers (Jan 07); SOMO: EPA Negotiations do not promote the right Investment Policies in Africa (Sep 06); SOMO: The Risks and Dangers of Liberalisation of Services in Africa under EPAs (Sep 06); OXFAM: Unequal Partners: How EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the Development Prospects of many of the World's poorest Countries (Sep 06); More...

Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements: "Best Practice" in the Regulation of International Labor Standards Lessons of the U.S.-Cambodia Textile Agreement (Oct 06); Derechos Laborales y Acuerdos de Libre Comercio en America Latina, FES (05); Is a Social Charter Possible in the ASEAN? Exploring the Chances of an ASEAN Social Charter in six ASEAN Member States, May 04; Social Standards in Bilateral and Regional Trade and Investment Agreements Instruments, Enforcement, and Policy Options for Trade Unions (FES Mar 05); Labour Rights in the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the United States (Oxfam 04); More...

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