For several years now, the European Parliament has been calling for better enforcement of environmental and labour provisions in the EU's FTAs. Recently, the topic entered the political limelight within Member States. Private stakeholders and academic observers have pointed out weaknesses in the...

The EU’s weak promotional policy towards sustainability in its free trade arguments isup for revision. Labour and environmental standards need to be tightened. They weregiven a boost on balance by a remarkable panel ruling of January 2021 in the longstandingEU–Korea labour dispute....