U.S. free trade agreements : enforcement of labor provisions with partner countries / Viotet Hanson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanson, Viotet, editor.

Series:

Trade issues, policies and laws series.

Trade Issues, Policies and Laws

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--United States.

Free trade.

Employee rights.

Labor laws and legislation.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Partner countries of free trade agreements (FTA) that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) selected--the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and the FTAs with Colombia, Oman, and Peru--have taken steps to implement labor provisions and other initiatives to strengthen labor rights. This book examines steps that selected partner countries have taken, and U.S. assistance they have received, to implement these provisions and other labor initiatives and the reported results of such steps; submissions regarding possible violations of FTA labor provisions that DOL has accepted and any problems related to the submission process; and the extent to which U.S. agencies monitor and enforce implementation of FTA labor provisions and report results to Congress.

Contents:

""U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR PROVISIONS WITH PARTNER COUNTRIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: U.S. PARTNERS ARE ADDRESSING LABOR COMMITMENTS, BUT MORE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT ARE NEEDED""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SELECTED COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS, WITH U.S. ASSISTANCE, TO ADDRESS FTA LABOR COMMITMENTS AND OTHER LABOR INITIATIVES BUT HAVE LIMITED ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY""

""ONE OF FIVE LABOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN RESOLVED, BUT REPORTING DEADLINES AND LIMITED PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROCESS PRESENT PROBLEMS""""U.S. AGENCIES PROVIDE LIMITED MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT, AND REPORTING ON FTA LABOR PROVISIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II: REPORTED VIOLENCE AGAINST TRADE UNIONISTS IN COLOMBIA AND GUATEMALA""; ""APPENDIX III: U.S. MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER LABOR INITIATIVES""; ""APPENDIX IV: STATUS OF LABOR SUBMISSIONS""

""Chapter 2: OVERVIEW OF LABOR ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS""""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""LABOR ENFORCEMENT IN U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS""; ""ENFORCEMENT ISSUES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 22, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-289-7