Report: Promoting and enforcing compliance with labour provisions in trade agreements: Comparative analysis of Canada, European Union and United States approaches and practices

An important question related to labour provisions in trade agreements is how these mechanisms – which are detailed in the trade agreements – work in practice, particularly in the context of a labour dispute. This study seeks to answer that question through an analysis of monitoring, cooperation areas and activities, and dispute settlement procedures associated with labour provisions in trade agreements, based on desk research, data from the ILO’s Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub, and interviews with stakeholders.

Report: Promoting and enforcing compliance with labour provisions in trade agreements: Comparative analysis of Canada, European Union and United States approaches and practices

Report: Promoting and enforcing compliance with labour provisions in trade agreements: Comparative analysis of Canada, European Union and United States approaches and practices