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Taking labour rights seriously in post-Brexit UK trade agreements : protect, promote, empower

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Harrison, James, Richardson, Ben, Campling, Liam, Smith, Adrian and Barabu, Mirela (2017) Taking labour rights seriously in post-Brexit UK trade agreements : protect, promote, empower. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. CSGR Working Paper (284/17).

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Abstract

This paper explores how labour rights should be addressed within the UK’s post-Brexit trade agreements. It argues that the rhetoric in the UK and key trading partners, most notably the EU and the US, about making ‘trade work for all’ought to be translated into meaningful commitments in the trade deals that the UK seeks to conclude. However, there are dangers this will not happen, including the possibility of reproducing the weaknesses and limitations of labour provisions found in current EU and US trade agreements. The paper therefore advances three principles of ‘protect, promote and empower’to guide analysis of how progressive trade-related labour rights could be legally enacted by the UK government and its trading partners.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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): Labor -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain, Labor -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries, Commercial treaties -- Great Britain, Commercial treaties -- European Union countries
Series Name: CSGR Working Paper
Publisher: University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation
Place of Publication: Coventry
ISSN: 2513-9053
Official Date: 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
2017Available
1 July 2017Accepted
Number: 284/17
Number of Pages: 37
Institution: University of Warwick
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/M009343/1[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
UNSPECIFIEDUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
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