Resum
The European Union (EU) includes clauses on labor rights in free trade agreements
with partner countries. One of these clauses was added to the Free Trade Agreement
between the EU and South Korea. This article looks at the clause as an attempt of the
EU to include labor rights in international trade law. The argument of the article is that
the labor clause does include several innovative features which entrench the presence
of labor law in international trade agreements. However, the clause remains mainly
about political cooperation and struggles to define enforceable legal obligations on
states. This is so because of the exceptions in the first part of the clause, the vagueness
of the labor rights obligations and the lack of an enforcement mechanism.
with partner countries. One of these clauses was added to the Free Trade Agreement
between the EU and South Korea. This article looks at the clause as an attempt of the
EU to include labor rights in international trade law. The argument of the article is that
the labor clause does include several innovative features which entrench the presence
of labor law in international trade agreements. However, the clause remains mainly
about political cooperation and struggles to define enforceable legal obligations on
states. This is so because of the exceptions in the first part of the clause, the vagueness
of the labor rights obligations and the lack of an enforcement mechanism.
| Idioma original | Anglès |
|---|---|
| Pàgines (de-a) | 100-121 |
| Revista | The Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law |
| Volum | 5 |
| Número | 1 |
| Estat de la publicació | Publicada - 7 de juny 2017 |
SDG de les Nacions Unides
Aquest resultat contribueix als següents objectius de desenvolupament sostenible.
