Social dimensions of free trade agreements

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FOREWORD; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; BOXES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1. THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF LABOUR PROVISIONS IN TRADE AGREEMENTS; KEY FINDINGS; INTRODUCTION; Figure 1.1 Growth of global exports and the importance of bilateral trade agreements, 1995-2012; Figure 1.2 Exports under bilateral trade agreements as a percentage of GDP by region, 1995-2011; A. PROLIFERATION OF BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS; Table 1.1 Export volume between economies with bilateral free trade agreements, 2012; B. TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES

Table 1.2 EMPIRICAL FINDINGS OF THE EFFECT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMESC. THE QUANTITATIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH LABOUR PROVISIONS; Figure 1.3 Increase in number of labour provisions in bilateral and regional trade agreements, 1990-2013; Figure 1.4 ILO member countries with trade agreementsincluding labour provisions by region; Box 1.1 Distinguishing conditional and promotional elements of labour provisions; D. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; APPENDIX A. TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES: SOME CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS

Table 1.3 Members, years of accession, and coverage of customs unions in forceREFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. CONDITIONAL LABOUR PROVISIONS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THEIR POSSIBLE IMPACT; KEY FINDINGS; INTRODUCTION; A. LABOUR PROVISIONS COMBINING CONDITIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL ASPECTS; Table 2.1 Examples of the conditional-promotional approach to labour provisions; B. THE EFFECTS OF PRE-RATIFICATION CONDITIONALITY; Table 2.2 Pre-ratification effects on labour issues in United States trade agreements; Table 2.3 Improvements of Omani labour standards relatedto the US-Oman Trade Agreement

Table 2.4 Improvements in Panama's labour standards linked to the US-Panama Trade AgreementC. THE EFFECTS OF COMPLAINT AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS; Table 2.5 Complaints filed under US trade agreements; Table 2.6 Number of petitions filed under NAALC between 1994 and 2011; Figure 2.1 NAFTA public submission process; Figure 2.2 Public communications filed under the NAALC between 1994 and 2010; Figure 2.3 Procedural outcomes of submissions to the NAO of the United States and Mexico; Table 2.7 Examples of cases addressed under NAALC complaint mechanism

D. COMPLAINTS FILED UNDERNON-NAALC TRADE AGREEMENTSTable 2.8 Complaints filed under labour provisions of US trade agreements other than NAFTA/NAALC; E. THE EFFECTS OF THE CONDITIONAL DIMENSION; APPENDIX A. CASES ADDRESSED UNDER NAALC COMPLAINT MECHANISM; APPENDIX B. UNITED STATES-GUATEMALA ENFORCEMENT PLAN; Table 2.9 Key commitments under the United States-Guatemala Enforcement Plan; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. PROMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF LABOUR PROVISIONS AND THEIR IMPACT; KEY FINDINGS; INTRODUCTION; A. LABOUR PROVISIONS WITH EXCLUSIVELY PROMOTIONAL ELEMENTS

Table 3.1 Examples of promotional labour provisions in South-South bilateral trade agreements

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