ISDS Case Map
labour | workers' rights
A trade agreement between the United States and Peru could be rejected in Congress because of Peru's weak labor record and the agreement's lack of labor provisions.
The Peruvian government is hoping to swiftly complete a free trade agreement with the United States despite reports by the U.S. government that point to inadequate labor rights in the region that do little to protect workers.
The Indonesian government will open up the domestic labor market in certain sectors to Japanese workers as part of the liberalization of the service sector envisaged under a planned bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA)
Ecuadorian laborers kicked off Wednesday a 24hr nationwide work stoppage including roadblocks to reject the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US and the Executive's neoliberal policy.
The issue of how much the North Korean workers are paid is, as one manager puts it, "a delicate question" as South Korea negotiates with the United States for a free trade agreement.
The labor side agreement of NAFTA hasn't forced anybody to take responsibility. It's not an effective guarantee of anyone's rights.
Indonesian trade negotiators are pushing their Japanese counterparts to allow the country's workers more access to Japan's labor market.
The FTA signed between Peru and the US has 24 chapters. One of these is a labor chapter that is identical to that found in the US-Colombia FTA and the US-Ecuador. On the subject of including this chapter, it is necessary to analyze the impact of signing this Treaty on labor and employment conditions for Colombians.
The US hopes to see during this year the beginning of the process to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Qatar, Ambassador Chase Untermeyer told a press conference on Thursday.
The Central American Free Trade agreement faces skepticism and negative sentiment in countries working to implement the pact.
