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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) | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| Number: | 284/17 | |||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 37 | |||||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
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