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Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance: The European Unions Trade-Labour Linkage in a Value Chain World
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The debates on the relationship between trade liberalisation and labour standards have long been hostage to ideological posturing, on both sides of the fence. This book at last looks at the evidence. It is theoretically robust, but it also provides an empirically informed assessment. It shall be impossible to ignore in the next stages of this vital discussion.

Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Switzerland

The authors have produced an extraordinary book. Their empirical contributions to the evaluation of labour standards provisions in major EU FTAs and their innovative methodological approach to the broader study of the trade-labour linkage represent a crucial intervention in the debate about global labour governance. Their account of the lived experience of workers clearly reveals the mismatch between the core labour standards which lie at the heart of the EU approach on the one hand, and the most pressing concerns which face workers on the other. By doing so, they invite us to think of the limits of the trade-labour linkage without abandoning the potential for progressive alliances, within and beyond the confines of trade law and policy.

Professor Donatella Alessandrini, Kent Law School, UK

This book puts the EUs commitment to promoting labour standards via trade agreements to the test. Combining rich empirical data and real industry examples with astute political reasoning, it substantiates the fundamental problems with the EUs approach. In doing so, it presents trade as a re-organisation of labour on a massive scale, and invites us to re-establish the trade-labour linkage as a building block for global labour governance.

Yorgos Altintzis, Economic & Social Policy Department, International Trade Union Confederation, Belgium

Does including labor standards in free trade agreements (FTAs) improve conditions for workers on the ground? Going beyond conventional discussions of the trade-labour linkage, this much needed book offers an incisive answer by examining EU FTAs in the context of the broader labour regime. The authors comparative analysis concludes not only that labour provisions fail in most cases to meaningfully promote core labor standards, but that they are ill-equipped to protect the well-being of workers negatively affected by trade. Those who take up the authors call for developing a new approach to labour governance will find this text essential reading for such an effort.

Dr Jennifer Bair, Sociology Department, University of Virginia, USA

There is a longstanding debate on whether globalization hollows out or strengthens labour rights protection. The link between the two is recognized in current approaches towards trade policy. Trade agreements increasingly include provisions on labour rights protection. The European Union is a leader in this respect. Whether such an approach makes any difference is subject to a heated debate. This outstanding interdisciplinary book makes a huge contribution to the current debates. It combines legal and political-economic analysis to unravel the complexities involved in effectively achieving labour rights protection through trade policy. It contains a wealth of new information and insights. I strongly recommend this book to researchers and policy-makers alike. It is a must-read for anyone interested in labour rights protection in a globalized economy.

Dr Axel Marx, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium

Free Trade Agreements and Global Labour Governance

Exploring the contentious relationship between trade and labour, this book looks at the impact of the EUs new generation free trade agreements on workers. Drawing upon extensive original research, including over 200 interviews with key actors across the EU and its trading partners, it considers the effectiveness of the trade-labour linkage in an era of global value chains.

The EU believes trade can work for all, claiming that labour provisions in its free trade agreements ensure that economic growth and high labour standards go hand-in-hand. Yet whether these actually make a difference to workers is strongly contested. This book explains why labour provisions have been profoundly limited in the EUs agreements with the CARIFORUM group, South Korea, and Moldova. It also shows how the provisions were mismatched with the most pressing workplace concerns in the key export industries of sugar, automobiles and clothing, and how these concerns were exacerbated by the agreements commercial provisions. This pioneering approach to studying the trade-labour linkage provides insights into key debates on the role of civil society in trade governance, the relationship between public and private labour regulation, and the progressive possibilities for trade policy in the twenty-first century.

This book will appeal to research scholars, post-graduate students, trade policy practitioners, policy researchers allied to labour movements, and informed activists.

Adrian Smith is Professor of Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

James Harrison is Professor of Law at Warwick University, UK.

Liam Campling is Professor of International Business and Development at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Ben Richardson is Reader in International Political Economy at Warwick University, UK.

Mirela Barbu is Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Sussex, UK.

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The RIPE Series published by Routledge is an essential forum for cutting-edge scholarship in International Political Economy. The series brings together new and established scholars working in critical, cultural and constructivist political economy. Books in the RIPE Series typically combine an innovative contribution to theoretical debates with rigorous empirical analysis.

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