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Selection of relevant publications
Labour Provisions in Free Trade Agreements: Fostering their Consistency with the ILO Standards System
Jordi Agustí-Panareda, Franz Christian Ebert and Desirée LeClercq, ILO, Background Paper, Social Dimensions of Free Trade Agreements, March 2014
The Social Dimensions of Free Trade Agreements
ILO and International Institute for Labour Studies, 6 November 2013
The comments of the ILO's Supervisory bodies: Usefulness in the context of the sanction-based dimension of labour provisions in US free trade agreements
Eric Gravel and Quentin Delpech, ILO Research Paper No. 4, March 2013
Free Trade Agreements and Fundamental Rights. Behind the Border or a New Frontier?
J. Ritchotte, ILO Geneva, September 2005
Free Trade Agreements and Labour Rights: Recent developments
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry and Eric Gravel, ILO Geneva, International Labour Review, vol. 145 (2006), No. 3
Overview of Bilateral Free Trade and Investment Agreements
Prepared for the “Fighting FTAs” International Strategy Workshop, October 2006
Protecting Labour Rights through trade agreements: An Analytical Guide
Sandra Polaski, Journal of International Law and Policy (Davis California), vol. 10, No. 13 (July) 2004
Labour Standards and Trade Agreements
Robert Stern, University of Michigan, 2003
International Trade and Core Labour Standards
OECD’s Policy Brief, October 2000
A Comparative Analysis of Selected Provisions in Free Trade Agreements.
Commissioned by DG trade, October 2007
The Evolving Debate on Trade and Labour Standards
International Organisation of Employers’ Information Paper, March 2006
Comparative Advantage and Labour Protection in Free Trade Agreements: Making Labour Protection in Trade Agreements Practical and Effective
Michael E. Aleo, 2006
The Use, Scope and Effectiveness of Labour and Social Provisions and Sustainable Development Aspects in Bilateral and Regional Free Trade Agreements
European Commission, Final Report, September 15, 2008
Publications on globalization and labor
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Managing Diversity: Workers Rights and US Trade policy
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Institute for International Economics, 2000
Trade Agreements and Labour Rights: Toward a Bipartisan Consensus
J.Murphy, U.S Chamber of Commerce, June 2009
Political and Quasi-Adjudicative Dispute Settlement Models in European Union Trade Agreements
E.R.Robles, World Trade Organization, November 2006
GSP in the “Spaghetti Bowl” of Trade Preferences
Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 2005
Racing to the Bottom: International Trade Without a Social Clause
Anita Chan and Robert J.S Ross, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 6, 2003
The Labor Dimension of the emerging Free Trade Area of the Americas
Steve Charnovitz, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Working Paper No. 2, 2004
Trade Agreements and their Relation to Labour Standards: The Current Situation
Pablo Lazo Grandi, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Issue Paper No. 3, 2009
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