Campling , Liam, Harrison, James, Richardson, Ben and Smith, Adrian (2016) Working beyond the border? : a new research agenda for the Evaluation of Labour Standards in EU trade agreements. International Labour Review, 155 (3). pp. 357-382. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00037.x ISSN 0020-7780.
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Abstract
The European Union (EU) has approximately fifty bilateral trade agreements in place with partners across the world, and more than twenty more that are at various stages of the negotiating process. At the same time as they increase in number, these agreements also increase in scope. EU trade agreements now cover a wide range of regulatory measures, including ‘Trade and Sustainable Development’ chapters, which, among other things, contain obligations in relation to labour standards. These labour standards provisions follow a common model (with limited variations) and adopt an approach which has been described as ‘promotional’ rather than ‘conditional’. In the context of the broader debate about the purpose and efficacy of the labour and trade linkage, this article examines the possibilities and limitations of the EU's new provisions on labour standards. It draws attention to the limited research on the impact of existing provisions ‘on the ground’ with respect to different types of agreements, and why this is problematic. It then concludes with proposals for a research agenda that can fill this gap, involving a set of methodologies requiring greater concern for firm and country-level assessment of changes arising from the implementation of this new breed of EU bilateralism and directed to the question of whether EU labour standards can really work ‘beyond the border’.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reciprocity (Commerce) -- European Union, Commercial policy -- European Union |
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Labour Review |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0020-7780 |
| Official Date: | September 2016 |
| Dates: | Date Event September 2016 Published 24 July 2015 Available |
| Volume: | 155 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Number of Pages: | 24 |
| Page Range: | pp. 357-382 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00037.x |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 July 2017 |
| Funder: | Queen Mary College (University of London), University of Warwick |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/72979/ |
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