As an element of its "value-based trade policy" the European Union has institutionalised civil society participation in the context of its "New Generation Free Trade Agreements" less than ten years ago. In all recent trade agreements with partner countries, the EU includes a chapter on Trade and...

The article reviews the evolution of labor and environmental provisions of key U.S. free trade agreements, including NAFTA, the United States - Jordan FTA, CAFTA-DR, and the United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Particular attention is given to procedures for citizen submissions,...

This paper investigates the effects of multinational corporations on labor standards. We argue that the previous literature has failed to distinguish the different motives that encourage firms to become multinational. Therefore, we build a stylized model of segmented labor markets with...